We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs not as harmless but as a useless character. — 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
We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business.… — 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
