Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
PERICLESThose who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
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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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It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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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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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. – Aeschylus Time is the wisest counsellor of 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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Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
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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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Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
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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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Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
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I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.
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Better die standing than live kneeling.
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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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