We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
PERICLESHaving knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas 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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It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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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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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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We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
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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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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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I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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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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A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
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Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
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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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The marketplace is democratic.
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Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. – Aeschylus Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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