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

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Pericles

Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)

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  • Levent Topakoğlu
    Levent Topakoğlu
    "it is not easy" means he left an open door to necromancy or magic?
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les arbres, bien qu'ils soient coupés et taillés, repoussent rapidement, mais si les hommes sont détruits, il n'est pas facile de les récupérer.

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