Poverty is no disgrace; the disgrace is in failing to struggle against it.

アテナイでは政治に関心を持たない者は、市民として意味を持たない者と見なされる。

Pericles

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Pericles

Athenian statesman and general (c.495-429 BC). He led Athens through its Golden Age, paid citizens for public service, and funded the Parthenon. His Funeral Oration remains a founding text of democracy.

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