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Pericles quotes: Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.

Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.

Pericles quotes: Wait for that wisest of all counselores, Time.

Wait for that wisest of all counselores, Time.

Pericles quotes: For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

Pericles quotes: Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.

Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.

Pericles quotes: Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.

Pericles quotes: Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.

Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.

Pericles quotes: Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.

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

Pericles quotes: Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Pericles quotes: Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

Pericles quotes: If Athens shall appear great to you, consider then that her glories were purchased by valiant men, and by men who learned their duty.

If Athens shall appear great to you, consider then that her glories were purchased by valiant men, and by men who learned their duty.

Pericles quotes: A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

Pericles quotes: We do not imitate, but are a model to others.

We do not imitate, but are a model to others.

Pericles quotes: Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.

Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.

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

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

Pericles quotes: Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.

Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.

Pericles quotes: [F]or grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed.

[F]or grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed.

Pericles quotes: Just because you are not interested in politics, does not mean that politics is not interested in you.

Just because you are not interested in politics, does not mean that politics is not interested in you.

Pericles quotes: Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.

Pericles quotes: It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage.

It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage.

Pericles quotes: To face calamity with a mind as unclouded as may be, and quickly to react against it-that in a city and in an individual-is real strength.

To face calamity with a mind as unclouded as may be, and quickly to react against it-that in a city and in an individual-is real strength.

Pericles quotes: Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

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

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

Pericles quotes: Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.

Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.

Pericles quotes: Better die standing than live kneeling.

Better die standing than live kneeling.

Pericles quotes: The marketplace is democratic.

The marketplace is democratic.

Pericles quotes: For a man's counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger.

For a man's counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger.

Pericles quotes: We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.

We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.

Pericles quotes: Time is the wisest counsellor of all

Time is the wisest counsellor of all

Pericles quotes: Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.

Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.

Pericles quotes: It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.

It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.

Pericles quotes: It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.

It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.

Pericles quotes: Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.

Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.

Pericles quotes: Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. - Aeschylus Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. - Aeschylus Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Pericles quotes: Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.

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

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