"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."
-Pericles
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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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"For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial."
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"Time is the wisest counselor of all."
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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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"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."
-Thomas Carlyle
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"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
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"I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before."
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"He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason."
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"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."
-Paul Valery
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