Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers. — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
“I was too shocked to register that he’d just cursed in Ancient Greek, and I’d understood him perfectly.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I prefer a positive view of freedom, drawing on another tradition of political thinking that goes all the way back to the… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Catharsis comes from the ancient Greek word...which literally translated means 'to pass a hard stool' — Tim Sandlin Copy Share Image
“The ancient Greeks considered love a mental illness that led to suicide, homicide, betrayal, war, all sorts of fun.” — Marion G. Harmon Copy Share Image
Since the time of the ancient Greeks, we have always felt that there was a close relationship between a strong, vital mind… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“If ‘myth’ is a slippery term, so is ‘classical’. It is common shorthand for ‘ancient Greek and Roman’. But this shorthand has… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks. — Johannes Stark Copy Share Image
“You study any pretty democracy, from the ancient Greeks forward, and you'll see that the only way each system functions is with… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
My father loved democracy. He loved the ancient Greeks because they invented democracy, and he shared their contempt for those who refused… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
The life of the ancient Greeks and Romans has profoundly influenced our own, and yet the ways in which they affect us… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The best teachers, one hopes, don't shout at their students - because they are skilled at wooing as well as demanding the… — Tom Chatfield Copy Share Image
“Sleeter Bull,* the author of the 1951 book Meat for the Table, claims the ancient Greeks had a taste for udders. Very… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“I suppose so.” An oath was an oath, though I rather wondered if Hippocrates ever ran into this sort of situation himself.… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The human eye has long fascinated lovers, artists and physicians. The ancient Greeks dissected eyes, but struggled to understand how they worked,… — Tim Birkhead Copy Share Image
Lets dedicate ourselves to what the ancient greeks wrote so many years ago, to tame the savageness of man and make gentle… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Karl and Marthe held the embossed card gingerly. It was Hitler’s 1941 Christmas card, a photo of the Winged Victory of Samothrace,… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“but most scholars today believe that ancient Greek worship of her is most closely tied to the ancient Phoenician goddess of love… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
Actually learning ancient Greek was a brilliant practice of mine because you'd sit there and you'd read a sentence and sometimes it… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Cumulatively, the sheer volume of papyrus and parchment under-girding sacred Scripture dwarf that of any other work in classical history. Consider, for… — Hank Hanegraaff Copy Share Image
war with poison and chemicals was not so rare in the ancient world ... An astounding panoply of toxic substances, venomous creatures,… — Adrienne Mayor Copy Share Image
Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didnt see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Ancient historians like Josephus the Jew, Berosus the Chaldean, Hieronymus the Egyptian, Mnaseas, and Nicolaus of Damascus (Josephus even mentions these last… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
“It was not until 1948 that Cambridge University stopped requiring a knowledge of classical (ancient) Greek as a prerequisite for admission. This… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
“1 It was early December. The streets of Milan glistened with Christmas decorations, with people coming and going carefree, carrying elegant shopping… — Charlotte Bee Copy Share Image
“From there they marched against Egypt: and when they were in the part of Syria called Palestine, Psammetichus king of Egypt met them and persuaded them with… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“There’s a poetry to it, engineer’s poetry…it suggests Haverie —average, you know—certainly you have two lobes, don’t you, symmetrical about the rocket’s… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“Meals are occasions to share with family and friends. The ingredients are often simple, but the art lies in orchestrating the sun-warmed… — Laura Brooks Copy Share Image
“How the excitement comes upon me to tell it all! In the quest of writing, the heart can speed up with anticipation--as… — Sena Jeter Naslund Copy Share Image
“12. Historians today rely on classics like Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, Caesar’s Gallic War, and Tacitus’s Histories. The earliest copies… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“It is relatively easy to accept that money is an intersubjective reality. Most people are also happy to acknowledge that ancient Greek… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“I wouldn’t say “art” as much as “virtue,” in the ancient Greek sense of “andreia” – manly action – or “arete,” excellence.… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“The ancient Greeks who created the magnificent sculptures and structures were the same people who could be utterly cruel and barbaric.” — Julia Vickers Copy Share Image
The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's… — Karen Duffy Copy Share Image
“Mind out of the gutter, Suze. Eros is only one kind of love, eh? Ancient Greeks recognised four.” — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers. — Plato Copy Share Image
“This approach shares an assumption, one dating from the ancient Greeks, that human reasoning can be a source of knowledge.” — Peter V. Rabins Copy Share Image
