Quote #3

Creatures of a day! What is a man? What is he not? A dream of a shadow Is our mortal being. But when there comes to men A gleam of splendour given of Heaven, Then rests on them a light of glory And blessed are their days.

More from Pindar

  1. For words Live longer down the years than deeds.
  2. War is sweet to those who have no experience of it, but the experienced man trembles exceedingly at heart on its approach.
  3. Here profits not To tell the whole truth with clear face unveiled. Often is man's best wisdom to be silent.
  4. A good deed hidden in silence dies.
  5. Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
  6. Days to come will prove the surest witness.
  7. But if a man shall hope in aught he does To escape the eyes of god, he makes an error.
  8. Inborn of nature's wisdom The poet's truth.

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