Pericles Quotes

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

Freedom, Courage, Alone

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

Others, Lives, Leave

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

Politics, Mean, Won

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

Famous, Men, Whole

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

Knowledge, Power, Ideas

Time is the wisest counselor of all.
Pericles

Time, Wisest, Counselor

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

Time, Men, Parent

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

Good, Men, Greatest

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

Love, Beautiful, Mind

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

Men, Again, Easy

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

Others, Model, Imitate

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

Great, Men, Live

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

Men, Whole, Lives

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time.
Pericles

Time, Wait, Wisest

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Statesman

Born: 495 BC

Died: 429 BC

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