"We are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness. Wealth we employ, not for talk and ostentation, but when there is a real use for it. To avow poverty with us is not disgrace; the true disgrace is in doing nothing to avoid it. An Athenian citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his household; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics... In doing good we are unlike others--we make our friends by conferring, not by receiving. We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as a harmless, but as a useless character." Pericles (495-429 BC) A Treasury of Philosophy, Vol. II, Grolier, Inc. pg. 919.
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John/az
"Just because something is popular, does not make it right."
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John/az
"Just because something is popular, does not make it right."