An Athenian citizen does not neglect his state because he takes care of his own household; even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We do not regard a man who takes… — Pericles Copy Share Image
We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it. — Pericles Copy Share Image
Your great glory is not to be inferior to what you have been given by nature, and the greatest glory of a woman is… — Pericles Copy Share Image
Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they… — Pericles Copy Share Image
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. — Pericles Copy Share Image
For grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which… — Pericles Copy Share Image
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! — Pericles Copy Share Image
All who have taken it upon themselves to rule over others have incurred hatred and unpopularity for a time; but if one has a… — Pericles Copy Share Image
As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it. — Pericles Copy Share Image
We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs not as harmless but as a useless character. — Pericles Copy Share Image
