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
An Athenian citizen does not neglect his state because he takes care of his own household; even those of us who are… — Pericles Copy Share Image
For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own… — Pericles Copy Share Image
For a man's counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger. — Pericles Copy Share Image
I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public… — Pericles Copy Share Image
Just because you are not interested in politics, does not mean that politics is not interested in you. — Pericles Copy Share Image
“We cultivate refinement without extravagance and knowledge without effeminacy; wealth we employ more for use than for show, and place the real… — Pericles Copy Share Image
Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. Our government does not copy our neighbors', but… — 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
