"There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes."

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Pindar was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes, widely regarded as the greatest lyric poet of classical Greece. He is best known for his victory odes celebrating athletic triumphs at the major Panhellenic games.

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