Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.
From Pericles
It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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.
We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
Time is the wisest counselor of all.
Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.
Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
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