Ancient greek Quotes

Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading.

— Gilbert Murray

To live well and honorably and justly are the same thing.

— Socrates

I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.

— Archilochus

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

— Solon

...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.

— Plato

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.

— Aeschylus

I know one thing, that I know nothing.

— Socrates

The ancient Greeks have a knack of wrapping truths in myths.

— George Lloyd

Catharsis comes from the ancient Greek word...which literally translated means 'to pass a hard stool'

— Tim Sandlin

“The ancient Greeks considered love a mental illness that led to suicide, homicide, betrayal, war, all sorts of fun.”

— Marion G. Harmon

It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.

— Francois Rabelais

“I was too shocked to register that he’d just cursed in Ancient Greek, and I’d understood him perfectly.”

— Rick Riordan

I prefer a positive view of freedom, drawing on another tradition of political thinking that goes all the way back to the…

— David Blunkett

As Littlewood said to me once [of the ancient Greeks], they are not clever school boys or "scholarship candidates," but "Fellows of…

— Anonymous

“Politics. The word is taken from the Ancient Greek. “Poly” means “many.” And ticks are tiny, bloodsucking insects.”

— Michael Dobbs

If in the library of your house you do not have the works of the ancient Greek writers, then you live in…

— George Bernard Shaw

We reach a secondary road and - here comes the bonus - we pass the Temple of Neptune and Cerene, at Paestum,…

— Spike Milligan

Dying, we tell ourselves, is like going to sleep. This figure of speech occurs very commonly in everyday thought and language, as…

— Raymond Moody

“Several times the ancient Greeks attempted to utilize democratic mass participation in governing their city-states, but each time it resulted in tyranny.…

— Ben Carson

I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept…

— LeRoy Neiman

It's no secret that I've always had an interest in mythology. Whether it's Arthurian or ancient Greek or even Marvel universe. I've…

— Nicolas Cage

I enjoyed the thought that hovering behind my work is a unifying belief system, just as there is behind Egyptian or Ancient…

— Grayson Perry

The teachings of Osho, in fact, encompass many religions, but he is not defined by any of them. He is an illuminating…

— Nevill Drury

Kant does represents a distinctively modern view of the human condition in contrast to that of ancient high culture, found in ancient…

— Allen W. Wood

“Most of us have been taught to think that we are either intelligent or we are not. But the definitions of intelligence…

— Kevin Horsley

“We can talk about our dreams all night, Lisette. We can talk forever, for the rest of our lives, living one adventure…

— Kasey Michaels

“If you're looking for fine art or literature, you might want to read some stuff written by the Greeks. Because to create…

— Haruki Murakami

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

— Alexandra McGuinness

“The ancient Greeks worshipped the human capacity for insight. Scott Berkun, in examining the topic of innovation, pointed out that the Greek…

— Gary Klein

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

— Charles River Editors

“Ancient historians like Josephus the Jew, Berosus the Chaldean, Hieronymus the Egyptian, Mnaseas, and Nicolaus of Damascus (Josephus even mentions these last…

— Ken Ham

“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

“It was Ephialtes, in fact, who initiated democratic reforms that involved paying citizens for jury service. Shortly afterwards, he was assassinated (allegedly…

— Guy Standing

“All the demons of Hell formerly reigned as gods in previous cultures. No it's not fair, but one man's god is another…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Come on,” I said. “Let’s reconnect this bad boy.” Getting the dragon’s head to the bottom was easy. It tumbled right down…

— Rick Riordan

“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

“Zero has had a long history. The Babylonians invented the concept of zero; the ancient Greeks debated it in lofty terms (how…

— Dan Ariely

“Sisyphus cheated death,” Nico explained. “First he chained up Thanatos, the reaper of souls, so no one could die. Then when Thanatos…

— Rick Riordan

“I wouldn’t say “art” as much as “virtue,” in the ancient Greek sense of “andreia” – manly action – or “arete,” excellence.…

— Steven Pressfield

“Why does the ego play roles? Because of one unexamined assumption, one fundamental error, one unconscious thought. That thought is: I am…

— Eckhart Tolle