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• In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.

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  Sweet, Flower, Lovely

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.

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  Lying, Speech, Tests

  "The odes of Pindar".

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• The forehead of every work must shine from afar.

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  Light, Shining, Afar

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• When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.

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  Death, Moving, Men

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• There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.

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  Happiness, Joy, Road To Happiness

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.

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  Truth, Anvils, Tongue

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• One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.

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  Mother, Men, Race

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• Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.

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  Success, Achievement, Effort

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• If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.

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  Men, Thinking, Deception

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.

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  Men, Skills, Path

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• A good deed hidden in silence dies.

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  Silence, Deeds, Good Deeds

  "The Odes and Selected Fragments" by Pindar. Fragment 121; p. 387, 1997.

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• To each thing belongs it's measure. Occasion is best to know.

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  Timeliness, Occasions, Knows

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.

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  Kings, Law, Mortals

  "Gorgias" by Plato, 484b,

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• My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

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  Beauty, Splendor, Strive

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else; and through the value you bestow on them, o queen, ships contending on the sea and yoked teams of horses in swift-whirling contests become marvels.

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  Mother, Horse, Queens

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• Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.

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  Time, Change For The Better, Eternity

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.

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  Silence, Noble, Deeds

  Pindar (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Pindar (Illustrated)”, p.240, Delphi Classics

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• Convention is the ruler of all.

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  Authority, Conventions, Rulers

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• Sweet is war to those who know it not.

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  Sweet, War, Knows

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• The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

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  Wisdom, Witness, Stills

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• The noblest of the elements is water

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  Water, Elements

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• Even genius is tied to profit.

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  Money, Genius, Profit

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• War is sweet to those who never tried it.

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  Sweet, War

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