Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of… — Pericles
Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.
In the original Greek
φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ᾽ εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας
Quoted in Funeral Oration, History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides · 430 BC
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Pericles. Quoted in The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.
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Pericles. Quoted in The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.