Julian was the son of Diokles of Sparta, also known as Diokles the Butcher. That man made the Marquis de Sade look… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Probably the hardest thing to do was the beginning of the movie ["300"], I think, when we were in Sparta and all… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, "Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta." — Diogenes Copy Share Image
The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches... — Euripides Copy Share Image
A Spartan woman, as she handed her son his shield, exhorted him saying, "As a warrior of Sparta come back with your… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
We are on the path toward becoming the Sparta of the 21st century, armed to the teeth and without the capacity to… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much."… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Foreign lady once remarked to the wife of a Spartan commander that the women of Sparta were the only women in the… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“What is honour? In Athens it is one thing, in Sparta another; and among the Medes it is something else again. But… — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
“Demaratus, being asked in a troublesome manner by an importunate fellow, Who was the best man in Lacedaemon? answered at last, 'He,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“You are my heart,” he (Eryx) said…. “I will kill any man and turn the whole world to ash for you, my… — Jaclyn Osborn Copy Share Image
Godling? Demigod?" Lysis nearly howled. "You'd be beaten black and blue in Thebes, and staked out overnight for claims like that. In… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
“never ask a man if he is from Sparta: If he were, he would have let you know such an important fact—and… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Never ask a man if he is from Sparta: If he were, he would have let you know such an important fact… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Do all in Troy despise me?' 'That is a strong word, my sweet.' The young Queen of Sparta pulled away from her… — Janell Rhiannon Copy Share Image
An armed republic submits less easily to the rule of one of its citizens than a republic armed by foreign forces. Rome… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is the teaching of the Bible and of sound Political ethics that the education of children belongs to the sphere of… — Robert Dabney 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
“Are your principles not engraved in all hearts, and in order to learn your laws is it not enough to go back… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
How much education may reconcile young people to pain and sufference, the examples of Sparta do sufficiently shew; and they who have… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Lycurgus the Lacedæmonian brought long hair into fashion among his countrymen, saying that it rendered those that were handsome more beautiful, and… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way to set… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Some thirty-six years after the death of Leonidas, King Agesilaus of Sparta, as Plutarch recounts, showed that the essential Spartan spirit, which… — Ernle Bradford Copy Share Image
“You didn’t have to keep watch all night,” I said. “I wasn’t going to run away, you know.” “We don’t know,” Castor… — Esther M. Friesner Copy Share Image
“Ancient politicians talked incessantly about morality and virtue; our politicians talk only about business and money. One will tell you that in… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Political writers argue in regard to the love of liberty with the same philosophy that philosophers do in regard to the state… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Why are you talking about Milo and me as if I weren’t here?” I asked angrily. “What are you afraid will happen… — Esther M. Friesner Copy Share Image
In all times and in all places--in Constantinople, northwestern Zambia, Victorian England, Sparta, Arabia, . . . medieval France,Babylonia, . . .… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation. — Thomas Day Copy Share Image
I couldn’t miss Percy’s fifteenth birthday,” Poseidon said. “Why, if this were Sparta, Percy would be a man today!” "That’s true,” Paul… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Their [Lacadaemonian] women, it is said, were bold and masculine, overbearing to their husbands in the first place, absolute mistresses in their… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
For the Spartans, it wasn’t walls or magnificent public buildings that made a city; it was their own ideals. In essence, Sparta… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
In Sparta, paintings have been taken out of certain walls by cutting through the bricks, then have been placed in wooden frames,… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
“...Feel no fear before the multitude of men, do not run in panic, but let each man bear his shield straight toward… — Tyrtaeus Copy Share Image
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