Pericles

We are lovers of the beautiful, yet with economy, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness. We are not afraid to be remembered, nor to be forgotten.

We are lovers of the beautiful, yet with economy, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness. We are not afraid to be, nor not to be.

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

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

Just as our political life is free and open, so is our everyday life in our relations with each other.

For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only 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.

A man who has the knowledge but lacks the power to express it clearly is no better off than if he never had any ideas at all.

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.

For if a man is good, he is good for himself; if he is bad, he is bad for himself.

The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.

It is not the walls of a city that make it great, but the men who live within them.

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.

Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighbouring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves.

If we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all in their private differences.

In public life we are tolerant; we do not grudge any man his position of influence if he has earned it by his own exertions.

We throw open our city to the world, and never by alien acts exclude foreigners from any opportunity of learning or observing.

We are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.

Wealth is the prop of courage, and poverty the cause of misery.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics does not mean politics will not take an interest in you.