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" It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking. "

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" 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. "

" All who have taken it upon themselves to rule over others have incurred hatred and unpopularity for a time; but if one has a great aim to pursue, this burden of envy must be accepted, and it is wise to accept it. "

" Time is the wisest counselor of all. "

" Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave. "

" Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft. "

" Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again. "

" 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. "

" For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action. "

" Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all. "

" What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. "

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

" We do not imitate, but are a model to others. "