„Whoever knows many things
By nature is a poet.“
— Pindar, libro Olympic Odes
Olympian 2, line 87; page 16; the Greek simply says:
"wise is one who knows much by nature," but σοφός is Pindar's usual word for poet.
Variant translations:
Inborn of nature's wisdom
The poet's truth.
Olympian Odes (476 BC)
Original: (el) σοφὸς ὁ πολλὰ εἰδὼς φυᾷ.
„But if a man shall hope in aught he does
To escape the eyes of god, he makes an error.“
— Pindar, libro Olympic Odes
Olympian 1, line 63; page 6
Olympian Odes (476 BC)
Original: (el) εἰ δὲ θεὸν ἀνήρ τις ἔλπεταί τι λαθέμεν ἔρδων, ἁμαρτάνει.
— Pindar
οὔ τοι ἅπασα κερδίων
φαίνοισα πρόσωπον ἀλάθει᾽ ἀτρεκής·
καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι.
Nemean 5, line 16-8; page 222. (483 BC?)
Original: (el) οὔ τοι ἅπασα κερδίων<br/>φαίνοισα πρόσωπον ἀλάθει᾽ ἀτρεκής·<br/>καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι.
