Monday, October 8, 2012

Pericles Quotes

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial. 
Pericles 


What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. 
Pericles 


Time is the wisest counselor of all. 
Pericles 


Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. 
Pericles 


Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. 
Pericles 


We do not imitate, but are a model to others. 
Pericles 

A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill. 
Pericles 


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 


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 


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 


Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time. 
Pericles 


Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones. 
Pericles 


Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all. 
Pericles 


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

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