Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
PERICLESYour 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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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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Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.
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Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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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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Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
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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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For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
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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.
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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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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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It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
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Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. – Aeschylus Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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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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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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