As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.
PERICLESAs for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.
PERICLESThose who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
PERICLESA woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
PERICLESAlthough only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.
PERICLESFuture ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
PERICLESIt is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage.
PERICLESNot 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.
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.
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.
PERICLESThose who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
PERICLESTrees, though they are cut and lopped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.
PERICLESOur love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.
PERICLESThe marketplace is democratic.
PERICLESTime as he grows old teaches many lessons. – Aeschylus Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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.
PERICLESWait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
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