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.
PERICLESFor 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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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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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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It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage.
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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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Better die standing than live kneeling.
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Trees, though they are cut and lopped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.
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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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Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
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For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
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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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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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Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.
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