Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the…

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

— Plato

In all of Western civilization, there have been societies that celebrating the homosexuality, the ancient Greeks. But they, in fact, protected the institution of…

— Ken Blackwell

The ancient Greek philosophers were all natural-born dialecticians and Aristotle, the most encyclopaedic intellect among them, had even already analysed the most essential forms…

— Friedrich Engels

“Greek women were not allowed to be: free and untamed. In fact, Artemis is a bit of a paradox. On the one hand, her…

— Rick Riordan

The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse…

— David Antin

“We will have have the dead at our councils. The ancient Greeks voted by stones; these shall vote by tombstones. It is all quite…

— G.K. Chesterton

Again, if there are really no fairies, why do people believe in them, all over the world? The ancient Greeks believed, so did the…

— Andrew Lang

I believe in logic, the sequence of cause and effect, and in science its only begotten son our law, which was conceived by the…

— Anonymous

“Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom. ‘All men make mistakes,’ said the ancient Greek Sophocles. ‘But a good man yields…

— Ken Follett

The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

— John F. Kennedy

In some ways, Lotus Eaters is a journey disguised as a party film; there's a circus in the movie, and there are parties, but…

— Alexandra McGuinness

“Modern architects and engineers are still trying to understand how the ancient Greeks were able to build the Parthenon in ten years when the…

— Christopher Dunn

Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen.

— George Bernard Shaw

“After he cut off their genitals, Chronos threw them into the sea, where they floated in a "white foam." Out of this foam‒or "Aphros”…

— Charles River Editors

“One of its (civilisations) most powerful weapons has always been 'barbarity': 'we' know that 'we' are civilised by contrasting ourselves with those we deem…

— Mary Beard