I guess you don’t study Latin and Greek if you don’t like…

Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.

— Quintus Ennius

I wanted to learn Latin and Greek and become a poet and acquire power over language. I only understand this clearly in retrospect, that…

— Tony Harrison

Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.

— Edmund Waller

I actually only speak English and Latin. Medieval philosophy was my major, so we pretty much had to study in Latin.

— Dakin Matthews

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school…

— Anonymous

“One of the regrets of my life is that I did not study Latin. I'm absolutely convinced, the more I understand these eighteenth century…

— David McCullough

My parents taught me to do whatever makes you happy - follow your bliss. That's why I don't make a lot of movies. I'm…

— Mike Myers

It's about putting in the hours and going through the paces.

— Shawn Johnson

It doesn't matter how many private jets you take, how much money you make, how famous you get, keep putting in the hours.

— Halsey

Without my dad doing what he did, and without me putting in the hours, there wouldn't be any travelling the world or playing with…

— Frances Tiafoe

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

— Ben Jonson

“Even after the Hellenistic empire of Alexander’s successors was supplanted by that of the Latin-speaking Romans, the usual linguistic development – the language of…

— Dimitri Gutas

“However differently we spoke the language, as Spanish speakers, our close ties with Latin and Greek gave us a sense of superiority: we were…

— Valeria Luiselli

“I was made to learn Latin and Greek, but I resented it, being of opinion that it was silly to learn a language that…

— Bertrand Russell

I was 11 when I started Latin - not like boys, who start early at prep school. At 14, you had to choose whether…

— Mary Beard