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“Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come.”

Courage Bravery

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“[F]or grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed.”

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“Wait for that wisest of all counselores, Time.”

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

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“Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others so long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly as well himself, but, when the speaker rises above him, jealousy is aroused and he begins to be incredulous.”

Praise Jealousy

Book:The Funeral Oration of Pericles

Source: The Funeral Oration of Pericles

“Judging happiness to be the fruit of freedom and freedom of valor, never decline the dangers of war.”

War Happiness Freedom Liberty Valor

Book:The Funeral Oration of Pericles

Source: The Funeral Oration of Pericles

“Hay que ayudar a los amigos, pero sin ofender a los dioses".”

Author:Pericles

“The freedom which we enjoy in our government extends also to our ordinary life. There, far from exercising a jealous surveillance over each other, we do not feel called upon to be angry with our neighbor for doing what he likes, or even to indulge in those injurious looks which cannot fail to be offensive, although they inflict no positive penalty.”

Greek Athens Pericles Thucydides Peloponnesian

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“What I fear is not the enemy’s strategy but our own mistakes.”

War Self Awareness Pericles

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“When it is a question of settling private disputes, everyone is equal before the law; when it it is a question of putting one person before another in positions of public responsibility, what counts is not membership of a particular class, but the actual ability which the man possesses.”

Justice Equality Rule Of Law Meritocracy

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“Si queréis ser libres, hay que trabajar.”

Política Libertad Democracia

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