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Man Quotes by Pericles
- For a man's counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger.
- We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he…
- An Athenian citizen does not neglect his state because he takes care of his own household; even those of us who are engaged in business…
- I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public humiliation. A man…
- We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs not as harmless but as a useless character.
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