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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.

Pericles

Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
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Age Future Present Wonder
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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Beautiful Love Mind Soft
It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage.
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Courage Endurance Enemy Face God Resignation
We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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Imitate Model Reality
As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.
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Admit Ashame Escape Measure Poverty Practical Real Shame
I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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Afraid Design Enemy Mistake
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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Chase Poverty Shame Work
Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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Counsellor One Liner Time Wise
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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Alone Children Counsel Danger Equality General Man Risk Weight Worth
Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
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Business Earth Eat Fish Men Power Sea
A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
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Glory Goodness Ill Men Talk Women
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
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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Death Grief Loss Want
It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
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Agrument Belly Difficult Ears
Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
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Counsellor One Liner Time Wait Wise

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