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For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

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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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Broken Heart Cut Destroy Easy Man Quick Tree
For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
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Celebrity Earth Famous Memorial Men
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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Action Discussion Indispensable Stumble Wise
Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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Action Capable People Politics Support Survival
Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
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Deceit Fair Show
Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.
PERICLES

Dangerous Empire Let Go Wrong
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.
PERICLES

Humor Interest Politics
It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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Disgrace Failure Rob
It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage.
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Courage Endurance Enemy Face God Resignation
A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
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Glory Goodness Ill Men Talk Women
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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Action Discussion Indispensable Stumble Wise
Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
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Action Express Level Philosophy Themselves Thinking
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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Alone Courage Defend Freedom Possession
We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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Imitate Model Reality
I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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Afraid Design Enemy Mistake
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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Engrave Live Monument Past Stone

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

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