Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. Our government does not copy our neighbors', but is an example to them. It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is… — 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
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
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. — Pericles Copy Share
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
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! — Pericles Copy Share
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
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
We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs not as harmless but as a useless character. — Pericles Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. - Aeschylus Time is the wisest counselor of all. — Pericles Copy Share
In private matters everyone is equal before the law. In public matters, when it is a question of putting power and responsibility into the… — Pericles Copy Share
