Quotes about greek
greek democracy acropolis
The Greeks had invented democracy, built the Acropolis and called it a day. David Sedaris
greek-poet undergo
The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal. Menander
greek
For my part, it was Greek to me. William Shakespeare
greek musical tragedy
I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy. Billy Joel
greek yeah questioning
So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so. Eddie Izzard
greek way asking
Do you have any Greek in you? That was just a tactful way of asking if you're pregnant. If you're not, then let's break up. Demetri Martin
greek littles chickens
I always tried to learn Greek, but all I got out of it was, "poulaki mou." ["My little chicken."] Augusten Burroughs
greek possibility impossibility
A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. Aristotle
greek historical sake
For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death. Adolf Hitler
greek hollywood flourishing
Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks. Alistair Cooke
greek philosopher forget
Professors of Greek forget or are unaware that Thomas Aquinas, who did not know Greek, was a better interpreter of Aristotle than any of them have proved to be, not only because he was smarter but because he took Aristotle more seriously. Allan Bloom
greek lasts hey
Hey," he said. "It's someday." He said the last word in Greek. Ann Brashares
greek hillbilly orthodox tenor
You know what I do on Sundays? I sing in a choir. I sing in a Greek Orthodox choir, and I'm the only hillbilly tenor in the Orthodox Church. Chris Hillman
greek firsts mathematics
Mathematics as a science, commenced when first someone, probably a Greek, proved propositions about "any" things or about "some" things, without specifications of definite particular things. Alfred North Whitehead
greek educated persons
How can any educated person stay away from the Greeks? I have always been far more interested in them than in science. Albert Einstein
greek-poet men nor prophet waits
Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him. Sophocles
greek-poet
It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.
greek-poet
A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.
greek-poet
Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.
greek-poet whoever
Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.
greek-poet man nature
All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.
greek-poet
I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow.
greek-poet justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
greek-philosopher
Let him that would move the world first move himself. Socrates
greek taught teacher
When I was 16, I was taught by a wonderful teacher who let me ignore the Greek syllabus and just read Homer. Alice Oswald
greek-poet man
The man who does ill must suffer ill. Aeschylus
greek-poet
Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.
greek-poet spilt
What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?
greek-poet somehow trust
For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.
greek-poet grows teaches time
Time as he grows old teaches all things.
greek means poet
Poet in Greek means maker. It's the idea of making something that has never been made before.
greek-poet mother obedience parent success
Obedience is the mother of success, and success the parent of salvation.
greek-poet love
Friends show their love in times of trouble. Euripides