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1 " Creatures of a day. What is someone? What is no one? Man is the dream of a shadow. "
― Pindar , The Odes
2 " Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life. "
3 " Steer your boat with justice: forge A tongue on truth's anvil. "
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4 " Learn what you are and be such. "
― Pindar
5 " War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach. "
6 " I am convinced that there is no host in the world today who is both knowledgeable about fine things and more sovereign in power, whom we shall adorn with the glorious folds of song. "
― Pindar , Olympian Odes. Pythian Odes
7 " O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life,but exhaust the limits of the possible. "
8 " Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. "
9 " My soul, do not seek eternal life, but exhaust the realm of the possible. "
10 " Become what you are. "
11 " Custom is the lord of everything, of mortals and immortals king. High violence it justifies, with hand uplifted plundering. "
12 " But in one short span of time winds quickly shift direction, veering back and forth. "
13 " The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable. "
14 " There are indeed many wonders, and with regard to the stories people tell one another, it may be that such tales go beyond the true account and, embellished with iridescent lies, beguile them. "
15 " If a man is born for success, another may with a god’s help 20 sharpen his edge and drive him towards prodigious feats of glory; and without exertion few have won joy, which is a radiance in men’s lives beyond all deeds. "
16 " The stars and the riversand waves call you back. "
17 " In heaven, learning is seeing; On earth, remembering. "
18 " Creatures of a day! What is man? "
19 " Oh, minha alma não aspira à vida imortal, mas esgota o campo do possível. "
20 " Omul este visul unei umbre. "
