Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
PERICLESIt is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
More Pericles Quotes
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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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Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
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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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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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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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Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
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The marketplace is democratic.
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We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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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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Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
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Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
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Better die standing than live kneeling.
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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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Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.
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