We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.
PERICLESWe do not imitate, but are a model to others.
More Pericles Quotes
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Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.
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It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.
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Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.
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Better die standing than live kneeling.
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We do not imitate, but are a model to others.
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The marketplace is democratic.
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A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.
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Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.
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The 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.
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Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.
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Trees, though they are cut and lopped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.
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It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage.
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Instead 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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I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies’ designs.
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