Pericles
Athenian statesman and general, c. 495-429 BC
4 quotes.
Quotes by Pericles
- But 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.
- Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing; but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.
- Time is the wisest counselor of all.
- What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.