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As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

Pericles

It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
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Agrument Belly Difficult Ears
Better die standing than live kneeling.
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Attitude Die Knees Live One Liner
Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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Counsellor One Liner Time Wise
I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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Afraid Design Enemy Mistake
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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Beautiful Love Mind Soft
We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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Imitate Model Reality
We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
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Against Failure Grace Poverty Struggle
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
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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Alone Children Counsel Danger Equality General Man Risk Weight Worth
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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Death Grief Loss Want
Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.
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Chase Poverty Shame Work
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
Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
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Deceit Fair Show
We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
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Against Failure Grace Poverty Struggle
Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
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Counsellor One Liner Time Wait Wise

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

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