A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
PERICLESFreedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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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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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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Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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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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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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For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
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Time is the wisest counsellor of 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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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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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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It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
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The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.
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