Extravagance Quotes by Pericles

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

Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.

— Pericles

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

She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil.

— Pericles

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

— Pericles

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

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

— Pericles

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

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

I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs.

— Pericles

We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs not as harmless but as a useless character.

— Pericles

“Wait for that wisest of all counselores, Time.”

— Pericles