We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.

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

Better die standing than live kneeling.

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.

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

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

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.