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Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. – Aeschylus Time is the wisest counsellor of all.

Pericles

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
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Action Express Level Philosophy Themselves Thinking
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
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
Better die standing than live kneeling.
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Attitude Die Knees Live One Liner
It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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Disgrace Failure Rob
Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.
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Crave Grave King Men Parents Time
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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Admit Ashame Escape Measure Poverty Practical Real Shame
I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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Afraid Design Enemy Mistake
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
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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Dangerous Empire Let Go Wrong
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.
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Humor Interest Politics
Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
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Age Future Present Wonder
For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
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Celebrity Earth Famous Memorial Men
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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Alone Courage Defend Freedom Possession
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
Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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Action Capable People Politics Support Survival

Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. – Aeschylus Time is the wisest counsellor of all.

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