Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
PERICLESFishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
PERICLESThe marketplace is democratic.
PERICLESAs for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.
PERICLESIt is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
PERICLESFor a man’s counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger.
PERICLESTime as he grows old teaches many lessons. – Aeschylus Time is the wisest counsellor of all.
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.
PERICLESThose who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
PERICLESJust because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.
PERICLESBetter die standing than live kneeling.
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.
PERICLESI am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
PERICLESThose who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
PERICLESWhat you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
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.
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