“If the Jews were Hellenized, it must be remembered that the Greeks were Aramaized.” — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
Who lent the Greeks the most money? It was German banks, and for a long time, they were profiting from it quite… — Jaroslaw Kaczynski Copy Share Image
The Greeks saw everything in forms which we are trying to ascertain as law, and classify as cause. — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing — Thucydides Copy Share Image
There are proofs that date back to the Greeks that are still valid today. — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
“How persistent it is, this demand that our gods be perfect. The Greeks were much more reasonable about such things.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro. — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
The Greeks could be a crushing bore. I recommend dressing everyone in combat fatigues or S&M gear. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I admire David Lindsay-Abaire's work is that he, like the Greeks I've spent so much of my professional… — Ellen McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The Greeks were the first intellectualists. In a world where the irrational had played the chief role, they came forward as the… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
In the Bronx, you have the southern Italians; in Queens, the Greeks, Koreans and Chinese; in Brooklyn, the Jewish community; and in… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury;… — Arrian Copy Share Image
While the willingness of the ancient Greeks to sacrifice their lives for glory brings tears to my eyes, I cannot ultimately condone… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“If the Greeks were—as they were indeed—a brilliant people, they were individualistic to a fault, and concerned with the fate and fortune… — Ernle Bradford Copy Share Image
Very few societies on Earth developed science as we know it today. On the other hand, the number is not zero -… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see what's… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Whereas the Greeks had Zeus and Athena, we had people who still lived in Verdun. They had a lot to bear on… — Heather O'Neill Copy Share Image
We Greeks are a moody people. Suicide makes sense to us. Putting up Christmas lights after your own daughter does it--that makes… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically moving red star in the sky was seen as sinister… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The Greeks were the first boxers. Pugilism appears to have been one of the earliest distinctions in play and exercise that appeared… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns. — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“The Greeks have nothing on the Mexicans...we write the truth and it only seems like magic to everyone else.” — Bárbara Renaud González Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves. — Melina Mercouri Copy Share Image
You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something -… — Melina Mercouri Copy Share Image
What can we expect from nations still less advanced in civilization than the Greeks? — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
“I guess the Greeks weren't big fans of online shopping, because they had lots of wars with the Amazons.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Even the Greeks—the so called champions of democracy—voted without ever allowing a single woman into the process.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
50,000 Greeks did not cross the sea to watch your brother fight. You know this. — Andromache Copy Share Image
Eat more like the French. Or the Japanese. Or the Italians. Or the Greeks. — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Separation of mind and body, that's been around since the Greeks. — Beryl Bender Birch Copy Share Image
From Architecture down to the Zodiac, every science worthy of the name was imported by the Greeks — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
The games of the ancient Greeks were, in their original institutions, religious solemnities. — Dorothea Brande Copy Share Image
For the Greeks, there was no single canonical version of creation, but a number of overlapping stories. — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
Before the Greeks were the Tamils. The Tamils are one of the oldest civilizations that's still surviving. — M.I.A Copy Share Image
Don't trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts. -Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est,… — Virgil Copy Share Image
In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
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