Home
logo
English German French
language
Pindar

Quote of Pindar - Become such as you are, having...


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

Become such as you are, having learned what that is.


Note 

Note



Other versions:
"Be what you know you are."
"Having learned, become who you are."


Source: Pythian Odes


Become such as you are, having learned what that is.



Translation

Translation

(French, German, Italian)



French
Deviens ce que tu es, quand tu l'auras appris.

German
Werde welcher du bist erfahren.

Italian
Diventa ciò che sei, avendolo appreso.




See also 

See also...



Tell yourself, first of all, what kind of man you want to be; and then go ahead with what you are doing.

Become who you are!

I went in search of myself.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life, and there is nothing better.




Quotes for: to be


Quotes

Quotes for "to be" or about being:


The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





To be, or not to be, that is the question.





Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.





I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.





I think, therefore I am.





Language is the house of the truth of Being.











Quotes

Pindar also said...


Silence is often the truest wisdom.
Pindar / 





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

Pindar / 





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





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.
Pindar / 





Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.












info   A quotation is a statement taken out of its context. Therefore, it is necessary to place any quotation within its author's work and its historical, geographical or philosophical context in order to fully understand its meaning. | The quotations stated on this site express their authors' opinion and do not reflect that of Buboquote.com


info   Image attribution:  title, author, license and source of the original file on Wikipedia. Modifications: changes have been made from the original file (cropping, resizing, renaming and color change).



logo

 Subscribe to the quote of the day email

Subscribe to the Quote of the Day to receive a quote every day in your inbox. It is spam-free and you can unsubscribe at any time. Subscribe to the quote of the day email