As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.
PERICLESFuture ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
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It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage.
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Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
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Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.
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We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
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Better die standing than live kneeling.
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It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
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We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.
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Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
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Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
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Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.
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We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
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Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.
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