It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking. Pericles More Quotes by Pericles More Quotes From Pericles For 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 grieflosslong 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 growing-upcuttingmen 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 storiesmenreality We do not imitate, but are a model to others. Pericles modelsreality It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears. Pericles difficultearsarguing The marketplace is democratic. Pericles marketplacedemocratic 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 squashmindbeautiful Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. - Aeschylus Time is the wisest counselor of all. Pericles lessonstimeteacher I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public humiliation. A man may be personally ever so well off, and yet if his country be ruined he must be ruined with it; whereas a flourishing commonwealth always affords chances of salvation to unfortunate individuals. Pericles greatnessmencountry We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it. Pericles povertypoorstruggle An Athenian citizen does not neglect his state because he takes care of his own household; even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We do not regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs as harmless. We do not say that such a man 'minds his own business'. Rather we say he has no business here at all. Pericles darkmenideas Who makes the fairest show means most deceit. Pericles show-medeceitmean Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it. Pericles ablejudgingmay To face calamity with a mind as unclouded as may be, and quickly to react against it-that in a city and in an individual-is real strength. Pericles realcitiesmind We do not need the praises of a Homer, or of anyone else whose words may delight us for the moment, but the estimation of facts will fall short of what is really true. Pericles delightfallneeds A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill. Pericles glorylittlesmen For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men. Pericles heartmencountry Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial. Pericles inspiringmenmemories For heroes have the whole earth for their tomb; and in lands far from their own, where the column with its epitaph declares it, there is enshrined in every breast a record unwritten with no tablet to preserve it, except that of the heart. Pericles landheroheart For a man's counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger. Pericles politicalmenchildren
