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Quotation from Pericles' Funeral Oration by Pericles
“For it is only the love of honour that never grows old; and honour it is, not gain, as some would have it, that rejoices the heart of age and helplessness.”
Pericles' Funeral Oration, Book II.44, trans. Richard Crawley (1874)
Consolation to the older parents of the fallen, who will be cheered by their sons' fame.
Citation: "For it is only the love of honour that never grows old; and honour it is, not gain, as some would have it, that rejoices the heart of age and helplessness." — Pericles, Pericles' Funeral Oration, Book II.44, trans. Richard Crawley (1874). (id pericles-funeral-oration-q8)
Virtues: Honor
Portrait: Discurso funebre pericles, Philipp Foltz, Public domain.
