Pericles, el Ateniense Quotes

“Excellence is always a matter of effort, and no one is capable of more than a certain amount of effort.”
― Rex Warner, Pericles, el Ateniense

“Such is the ability of man to believe in what at any time he finds it convenient to believe, they may actually have convinced themselves that they were speaking the truth.”
― Rex Warner, Pericles, el Ateniense

“If we are to believe in gods at all, we must believe them to be wiser and better than men.”
― Rex Warner, Pericles, el Ateniense

“It is undoubtedly rare for a man not to soon grow tired of a woman, but it is impossible to maintain that everything rare is undesirable.”
― Rex Warner, Pericles, el Ateniense

“Because an argument is used hypocritically, it does not necessarily follow that it is untrue.”
― Rex Warner, Pericles, el Ateniense