Greek - Statesman | 495 BC - 429 BC
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
Pericles
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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
FreedomCourageAloneDefendSure
We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. 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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Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.
PoliticsYouJust BecauseMeanTake
Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
PeopleSurviveActionCapableOnly
Time is the wisest counselor of all.
TimeCounselorWisest
It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
NewMoreFailThanSomeDisgrace
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.
VisionGoGloryMeetOutDanger
Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
KnowledgePowerIdeasBetterNever
Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
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The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible symbol woven into the stuff of other mens lives.
MenStoryStoneEarthOverWithout
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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