Pindar quotes

Pindar was an ancient Greek lyric poet, renowned for his odes celebrating athletic victories. His works are admired for their complex style and deep connection to Greek mythology and religion. He is considered one of the greatest poets of classical antiquity. Here are 31 of his quotes:

A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality. (Pindar)
A good deed hidden in silence dies. View quote
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men. View quote
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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals. View quote
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Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. View quote
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Learn what you are and be such. View quote
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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen. View quote
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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed. View quote
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Words have a longer life than deeds. View quote
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Men are the dreams of a shadow. View quote
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest. (Pindar)
Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity. View quote
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Sweet is war to those who know it not. View quote
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Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach. View quote
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Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. View quote
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Best blessing of all is water, And gold like a fiery flame gleaming at night, Supreme amidst the pride of lordly wealth. View quote
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The test of any man lies in action. View quote
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses. View quote
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The present will not long endure. View quote
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War is sweet to those who have no experience of it, but the experienced man trembles exceedingly at heart on its approach. View quote
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Days to come will prove the surest witness. (Pindar)
But if a man shall hope in aught he does To escape the eyes of god, he makes an error. View quote
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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind. View quote
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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well. View quote
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We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more. View quote
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Pindar - Image
Photo: Wikimedia commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: Greek Poet
Born: 522 BC
Died: 500 BC
Quotes count: 31
Wikipedia: Pindar

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