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

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

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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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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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Time is the wisest counselor of all.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Statesman

Born: Unknown

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