"Just because you do not take an interest……" — Pericles
"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!"
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42 Quotes by Pericles
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Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
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Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.
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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life…
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The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their…
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For heroes have the whole earth for their tomb; and in lands far from their own, where the column with…
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Remember, too, that if your country has the greatest name in all the world, it is because she never bent…
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A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
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Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does…
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Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy…
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Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. - Aeschylus Time is the wisest counselor of all.
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Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away…
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
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Wit is educated insolence.
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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
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The secret to humor is surprise.
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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