For grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed.
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A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
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For a man’s counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger.
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Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
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The marketplace is democratic.
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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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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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Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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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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Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
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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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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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Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.
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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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