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It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage.

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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.

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

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Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.

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For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

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Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.

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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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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.

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

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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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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Statesman

Born: Unknown

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