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Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again
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"Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again"

- Pericles

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Pericles This quote is written / told by Pericles between 495 BC and 429 BC. He was a famous Statesman from Greece. The author also have 13 other quotes.

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