Quotes about greek
greek-poet man
The man is either mad, or he is making verses. Horace
greek-poet struggle
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
greek-poet time
I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.
greek-poet poems poetry written
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
greek-poet venture
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
greek-poet
I strive to be brief but I become obscure.
greek-poet hour rustic waits
He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
greek-poet
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
greek-poet stake
Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.
greek stories
All my stories are like the Greek and Roman myths, and the Egyptian myths, and the Old and New Testament. Ray Bradbury
greek grew mythology
I grew up being very interested in Greek mythology because my mum read to my sister and I. Isabel Lucas
greek-poet shall
If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much. Hesiod
greek-philosopher men
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. Epictetus
greek means poet
Poet in Greek means maker. It's the idea of making something that has never been made before.
greek free-will boundaries
Whereas the Greeks gave to will the boundaries of reason, we have come to put the will's impulse in the very center of reason, which has, as a result, become deadly. Albert Camus
greek humanity pandoras-box
From Pandora's Box, where all the ills of humanity swarmed, the Greeks drew out hope after all the others, as the most dreadful of all. I know no more stirring symbol; for, contrary to the general belief, hope equals resignation. And to live is not to resign oneself.
greek degrees certain
We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the whole area of politics. Donald Kagan
greek acting different
(Greek) Theater started off and used masks and Kabuki, in the East, they used mask-work. And then, Commedia dell'arte in Italy and then, you know, we're part of an acting tradition and, and performance capture is no different. Andy Serkis
greek today proof
There are proofs that date back to the Greeks that are still valid today. Andrew Wiles
greek becoming might
Wrongly do the Greeks suppose that aught begins or ceases to be; for nothing comes into being or is destroyed; but all is an aggregation or secretion of preexisting things; so that all becoming might more correctly be called becoming mixed, and all corruption, becoming separate. Anaxagoras
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Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are. Anne Bradstreet
greek literature language
I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek. Anne Rice
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 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 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
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For my part, it was Greek to me. William Shakespeare
greeks time true
Any time the character is in a moral quandary is interesting. That's been true from the Greeks on down. Robert Sean Leonard
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In Greek tragedy, you can't go down crying,