It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
PERICLESWhat you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
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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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For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
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We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
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Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
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Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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The marketplace is democratic.
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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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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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We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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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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Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
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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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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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