Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
PERICLESTime is the wisest counsellor of all.
PERICLESAs for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.
PERICLESFreedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
PERICLESThe marketplace is democratic.
PERICLESIt is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
PERICLESFor famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
PERICLESTime is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.
PERICLESOur love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.
PERICLESInstead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.
PERICLESWe Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
PERICLESThose who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
PERICLESBetter die standing than live kneeling.
PERICLESA woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
PERICLESIt is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage.
PERICLESFuture ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
PERICLESYour empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.
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