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Pericles Quotes: To face calamity with a mind as unclouded as may be, and quickly to react against it-that in a city and in an individual-is real strength.
         

To face calamity with a mind as unclouded as may be, and quickly to react against it-that in a city and in an individual-is real strength.


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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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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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