Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen Pindar More Quotes by Pindar More Quotes From Pindar I will be small in small things, great among great. Pindar small-things Even genius is tied to profit. Pindar profit genius money 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. Pindar horse queens mother A good deed hidden in silence dies. Pindar good-deeds silence deeds Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us. Pindar skills path men Men are the dreams of a shadow. Pindar shadow dream men Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving. Pindar effort achievement success Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse. Pindar change-for-the-better eternity time War is sweet to those who never tried it. Pindar sweet war To each thing belongs it's measure. Occasion is best to know. Pindar timeliness occasions knows Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence. Pindar noble silence deeds Convention is the ruler of all. Pindar rulers conventions authority Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God. Pindar ends action lying Very distasteful is excessive fame To the sour palate of the envious mind, Who hears with grief his neighbours good by name, And hates the fortune that he ne?er shall find. Pindar Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach. Pindar I hate the miser, whose unsocial breast Locks from the world his useless stores. Wealth by the bounteous only is enjoyed, Whose treasures, in diffusive good employed, The rich return of fame and friends procure, And ?gainst a sad reverse a safe retreat secure. Pindar Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. Pindar gift small great christmas reality The best of healers is good cheer. Pindar best good good-cheer cheer
