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It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage.

Pericles

Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
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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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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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We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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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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It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
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Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
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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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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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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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Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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The marketplace is democratic.
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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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Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
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Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. – Aeschylus Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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Better die standing than live kneeling.
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