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.
PERICLESTime 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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Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
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Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
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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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The marketplace is democratic.
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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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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
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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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Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
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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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Better die standing than live kneeling.
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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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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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