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Quotation from Pericles' Funeral Oration by Pericles

“Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighbouring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves.”

Pericles

Pericles' Funeral Oration, Book II.37, trans. Richard Crawley (1874)

Portrait of Pericles

The opening of the praise of Athenian government.

Citation: "Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighbouring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves." — Pericles, Pericles' Funeral Oration, Book II.37, trans. Richard Crawley (1874). (id pericles-funeral-oration-q1)

Portrait: Discurso funebre pericles, Philipp Foltz, Public domain.

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