I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
PERICLESI am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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.
PERICLESThe bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.
PERICLESIt is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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.
PERICLESWait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
PERICLESWe Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
PERICLESWe Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
PERICLESFishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
PERICLESBetter die standing than live kneeling.
PERICLESWhat you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
PERICLESWe do not imitate, but are a model to others.
PERICLESJust because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.
PERICLESIt is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage.
PERICLESIt is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
PERICLESThe marketplace is democratic.
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