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Pindar

Quote of Pindar - Every gift which is given, even...


Biography - Pindar:

Ancient Greek lyric poet. (*Approximate years of birth and death).
Born: -552 - Died: -438
Period:
5th century BC
6th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Greece

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.



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Quotes for: to give


Quotes

Quotes for: to give


To have and not to give is in some cases worse than stealing.





The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.





Chance gives thoughts, and chance takes them away.





A smile costs less than electricity, but gives much light.





Few people ask from books what books can give us.





Love is the desire to give, not to receive, something.











Quotes

Pindar also said...


Silence is often the truest wisdom.
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Become such as you are, having learned what that is.





War is sweet to those who have no experience of it,
but the experienced man trembles exceedingly at heart on its approach.

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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.





Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.












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