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• Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
• Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.
• Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
• Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what…
• The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but…
• For heroes have the whole earth for their tomb; and in lands far from their own, where the column with its epitaph…
• Remember, too, that if your country has the greatest name in all the world, it is because she never bent before disaster;…
• A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
• Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make…
• Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get…
• Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. - Aeschylus Time is the wisest counselor of all.
• Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work…

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