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Master I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. Why as men do a-land: the great ones eat up the li...

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[F]or grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to...

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Time is the wisest counsellor of all.

It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage.

Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in...

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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...

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Wait for that wisest of all counselores, Time.

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life ...

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We do not imitate but are a model to others.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in...

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Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any idea...

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Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Time is the wisest counselor.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Make up your minds that happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

The Funeral Oration of Pericles

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Pericles

Greek Statesman

Born: 0495-01-01 BC

Died: 0429-01-01 BC

Pericles (Greek: Περικλῆς; ca. 495 BC – 429 BC) was an influential and important leader of Athens during the Athenian Golden Age (specifically, between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars), from the Alcmaeonidae family. The period from 461 BC to 379 BC is sometimes known as "The Age of Pericles."More