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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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It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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Disgrace Failure Rob
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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Action Discussion Indispensable Stumble Wise
Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.
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Judgment Policy
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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Dangerous Empire Let Go Wrong
Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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Action Capable People Politics Support Survival
For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
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Celebrity Earth Famous Memorial Men
Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
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Age Future Present Wonder
Better die standing than live kneeling.
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Attitude Die Knees Live One Liner
Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
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Deceit Fair Show
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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Engrave Live Monument Past Stone
Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. – Aeschylus Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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Counsellor Growth Lesson Teaching Time Wise
Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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Counsellor One Liner Time Wise
We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
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Against Failure Grace Poverty Struggle
Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
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Clear Express Ideas Knowledge Lack Power
Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
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Action Express Level Philosophy Themselves Thinking
It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
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Agrument Belly Difficult Ears

We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.

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