Pindar

"A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well."

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Source: 'Pythian Odes' bk. 8, l. 135

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Pindar

Pindar

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Pindar was an ancient Greek poet known for his odes celebrating athletic victories, emphasizing themes of excellence and honor in human achievement.

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"Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life."

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