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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.

Pericles

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
The marketplace is democratic.
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Demorcracy Market One Liner
Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
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Deceit Fair Show
We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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Imitate Model Reality
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
I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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Afraid Design Enemy Mistake
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
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
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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Alone Courage Defend Freedom Possession
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
PERICLES

Engrave Live Monument Past Stone
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.
PERICLES

Action Discussion Indispensable Stumble Wise
It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
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Agrument Belly Difficult Ears
Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
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Business Earth Eat Fish Men Power Sea
Better die standing than live kneeling.
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Attitude Die Knees Live One Liner
Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. – Aeschylus Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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Counsellor Growth Lesson Teaching Time Wise
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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