Pericles

We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

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.

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

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

Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.

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

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.

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

It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage.

Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.

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