Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come.
PericlesWe do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.
PericlesNot 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.
Pericles