We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it. Pericles Read Quote
It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage. Pericles Read Quote
It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking. Pericles Read Quote
Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again. Pericles Read Quote
Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action. Pericles Read Quote
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. Pericles Read Quote
All who have taken it upon themselves to rule over others have incurred hatred and unpopularity for a time; but if one has a great aim to pursue, this burden of envy must be accepted, and it is wise to accept it. Pericles Read Quote
The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible symbol woven into the stuff of other mens lives. Pericles Read Quote
Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones. Pericles Read Quote
