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.
PERICLESThose 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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We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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Better die standing than live kneeling.
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For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
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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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Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. – Aeschylus Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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Time is the wisest counsellor of 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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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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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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It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage.
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Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
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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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It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
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