For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
PERICLESFor famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
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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.
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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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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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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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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 are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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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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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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The marketplace is democratic.
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Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
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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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We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
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