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> [Your great glory is not to be inferior to what you have been given by nature, and the greatest glory of a woman is to be least talked about by men, whether theyare praising or criticizing you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/your-great-glory-is-not-to-be-inferior-to-what-you-have-been-given-by/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

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> [A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/a-woman-s-greatest-glory-is-to-be-little-talked-about-by-men-whether/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

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## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/your-great-glory-is-not-to-be-inferior-to-what-you-have-been-given-by/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

> [Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/although-only-a-few-may-originate-a-policy-we-are-all-able-to-judge-it/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/time-is-the-king-of-all-men-he-is-their-parent-and-their-grave-and/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

> [She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/she-is-best-who-is-least-spoken-of-among-men-whether-for-good-or-evil/)

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> [What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/what-you-leave-behind-is-not-what-is-engraved-in-stone-monuments-but/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/for-grief-is-felt-not-so-much-for-the-want-of-what-we-have-never/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

> [Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/just-because-you-do-not-take-an-interest-in-politics-doesn-t-mean/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/all-who-have-taken-it-upon-themselves-to-rule-over-others-have/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/as-for-poverty-no-one-need-be-ashamed-to-admit-it-the-real-shame-is/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

> [I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/i-am-more-afraid-of-our-own-mistakes-than-of-our-enemies-designs/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

> [We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs not as harmless but as a useless character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/we-alone-regard-a-man-who-takes-no-interest-in-public-affairs-not-as/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

> [“Wait for that wisest of all counselores, Time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/wait-for-that-wisest-of-all-counselores-time/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

> [Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/trees-though-they-are-cut-and-loped-grow-up-again-quickly-but-if-men/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

> [Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. - Aeschylus Time is the wisest counselor of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/time-as-he-grows-old-teaches-many-lessons-aeschylus-time-is-the/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

> [In private matters everyone is equal before the law. In public matters, when it is a question of putting power and responsibility into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/in-private-matters-everyone-is-equal-before-the-law-in-public-matters/)

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