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Pindar
15 quotes
“ἄριστον μὲν ὕδωρ, ὁ δὲ χρυσὸς αἰθόμενον πῦρ ἅτε διαπρέπει νυκτὶ μεγάνορος ἔξοχα πλούτου.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἁμέραι δ᾿ ἐπίλοιποι μάρτυρες σοφώτατοι.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“εἰ δὲ θεὸν ἀνήρ τις ἔλπεταί ⟨τι⟩ λαθέμεν ἔρδων, ἁμαρτάνει.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ὁ μέγας δὲ κίν- δυνος ἄναλκιν οὔ φῶτα λαμβάνει.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“σοφὸς ὁ πολλὰ εἰδὼς φυᾷ.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“γένοι᾿, οἷος ἐσσὶ μαθών.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ᾿ ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ᾿ οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος. ἀλλ᾿ ὅταν αἴγλα διόσδοτος ἔλθῃ, λαμπρὸν φέγγος ἔπεστιν ἀνδρῶν καὶ μείλιχος αἰών.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alternate translation (R. S. Thomas, 1985):
“ῥῆμα δ᾿ ἐργμάτων χρονιώτερον βιοτεύει.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“οὔ τοι ἅπασα κερδίων φαίνοισα πρόσωπον ἀλάθει᾿ ἀτρεκές· καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώ- τατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἀλλὰ βροτῶν τὸν μὲν κενεόφρονες αὖχαι ἐξ ἀγαθῶν ἔβαλον· τὸν δ᾿ αὖ καταμεμφθέντ᾿ ἄγαν ἰσχὺν οἰκείων παρέσφαλεν καλῶν χειρὸς ἕλκων ὀπίσσω θυμὸς ἄτολμος ἐών.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nem. XI.29–32 (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“γλυκὺ δὲ πόλεμος ἀπείροισιν, ἐμπείρων δέ τις ταρβεῖ προσιόντα νιν καρδίᾳ περισσῶς.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“θνᾴσκει δὲ σιγαθὲν καλὸν ἔργον.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἀνδρῶν δικαίων Χρόνος σωτὴρ ἄριστος.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Νόμος ὁ πάντων βασιλεύς θνατῶν τε καὶ ἀθανάτων.”
Pindar (517–437 BC) said by 437 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source