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Pericles quotes

Greek Statesman

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Pericles quote: "Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance;..."
Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft. Pericles
Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come. Pericles
Pericles quote: "For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial."
For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial. Pericles
Pericles quote: "Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their..."
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. Pericles
Pericles quote: "Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the..."
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. Pericles
Pericles quote: "A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men,..."
A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill. Pericles
Pericles quote: "Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time."
Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time. Pericles
Pericles quote: "Wait for that wisest of all counselores, Time."
Wait for that wisest of all counselores, Time. Pericles
Pericles quote: "Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat..."
Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones. Pericles
Pericles quote: "Time is the wisest counsellor of all"
Time is the wisest counsellor of all Pericles
Pericles quote: "Time is the wisest counselor of all."
Time is the wisest counselor of all. Pericles
Pericles quote: "Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly..."
Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all. Pericles
Pericles quote: "Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly,..."
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
[F]or grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed. Pericles
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

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