Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
PERICLESWait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
PERICLESThose who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
PERICLESHaving knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas 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.
PERICLESFreedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
PERICLESTime is the wisest counsellor of all.
PERICLESIt is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.
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.
PERICLESJust because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.
PERICLESFor famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
PERICLESWho makes the fairest show means most deceit.
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.
PERICLESBetter die standing than live kneeling.
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.
PERICLESWe Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
PERICLESA woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
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