“Did you hear the story of Socrates? He was a philosopher in ancient Greece, so they killed him.” — Troy DeNuthe Copy Share Image
“There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself. An enemy who has lost his temper & a… — Theo Papas Copy Share Image
“In ancient Greece, the word for “cook,” “butcher,” and “priest” was the same—mageiros—and the word shares an etymological root with “magic.” — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I'm either dressing like a rocker chick, or I'm looking like I just stepped out of ancient Greece! It all depends on… — Lauren Jauregui Copy Share Image
“The golden section was discovered by the Egyptians, and has been used in art and architecture, most commonly, during the classical ages… — Steven L. Griffing Copy Share Image
In English the expression 'ancient Greece' includes the meaning of 'finished,' whereas for us Greece goes on living, for better or for… — Budd Schulberg Copy Share Image
“JOCASTA: So clear in this case were the oracles, so clear and false. Give them no heed, I say; what God discovers… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
The road to the Olympics, leads to no city, no country. It goes far beyond New York or Moscow, ancient Greece or… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
“For a long time the human instinct to understand was thwarted by facile religious explanations, as in ancient Greece in the time… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers...… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
We don't usually think of what we eat as a matter of ethics. Stealing, lying, hurting people - these acts are obviously… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“Your religious beliefs typically depend on the community in which you were raised or live. The spiritual experiences of people in ancient… — Peter Boghossian Copy Share Image
“Sexual frenzy is our compensation for the tedious moments we must suffer in the passage of life. 'Nothing in excess,' professed the… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
I think the greatest truths, the ones that you find in every culture that has any sort of history of reflection of… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Two thousand summers have imparted to the monuments of Grecian literature, as to her marbles, only a maturer golden and autumnal tint,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“And it was you who created us. The notion of male homosexuality didn’t exist in ancient Greece. Socrates could bugger Alcibiades without… — Laurent Binet Copy Share Image
“Hettites appeal to us not alone because of the influence they once exercised on the fortunes of the Chosen People, not alone… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
In looking at these pots at the Field Museum, Alix [MacKenzie] and I both came to a conclusion individually but also collectively… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
When a rapidly rising power rivals an established ruling power, trouble ensues. In 11 of 15 cases in which this has occurred… — Graham T. Allison Copy Share Image
“TEIRESIAS: I tell you, king, this man, this murderer (whom you have long declared you are in search of, indicting him in… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“[A historian] will more seriously deplore the loss of the Byzantine libraries, which were destroyed or scattered in the general confusion: one… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Don't you remember what your grandfather used to say? That thing about pots and people?" "That pots were like people," Alex replied… — Julia Wills Copy Share Image
What is remarkable about the Greeks - even pre-philosophically - is that despite the salience of religious rituals in their lives, when… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
“I like to stay a part of that stuff that don’t change. Actually, it’s not that difficult - people still love and… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“I tell you, because military training is not publicly recognised by the state, you must not make that an excuse for being… — Xenophon Memorabilia. 371BC Marchant translation Copy Share Image
“To the altars of the Great Mother, and later still to that of the Horned God, came those women who wanted children.… — Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki Copy Share Image
“Back in Ancient Greece when Xenophon first posed the economic question, ‘How should a household best manage its resources?’ he was literally… — Kate Raworth Copy Share Image
“The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“You know better than anyone that nothing lasts. Nothing good. Nothing bad. Everything lives. Everything dies. Sometimes cities just fall into the… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
“Tragedy's language stresses that whatever is within us is obscure, many faceted, impossible to see. Performance gave this question of what is… — Ruth Padel Copy Share Image
“It is no wonder that historians trace the birth of Western civilization to these jewels of the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean seas.… — Laura Brooks Copy Share Image
“In ancient Greece, Socrates was known to place a premium on knowledge. When an acquaintance visited the philosopher and began, ‘Do you… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Not since Ancient Greece have cities been thought of as the ideal living environment for humans. And that was so long ago… — Giles Coren Copy Share Image
“All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory” was… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
What they forget is that, from Ancient Greece on, the people who returned from battle were either dead on their shields or… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
In ancient Greece, throwing an apple at a woman was considered a MARRIAGE PROPOSAL. This tradition still continues - throw an apple… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
“Our journey is one of discovery on Sicily. Like the past Greek writers.orators,historians and philosophers we are all searching for answers on… — Daniel Peter Buckley Copy Share Image
![“In looking at these pots at the Field Museum, Alix [MacKenzie] and I both came to a conclusion individually but also collectively that the pots that really interested us were the pots that people had used in their everyday life, and we began to think - I mean, whether it was ancient Greece or…” quote by Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/17d/warren-mackenzie-4654_ancient_in-looking-at-these-pots-at-the-field-mu_1294704.jpg)
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