Euclid Quote by Augustus De Morgan

As to writing another book on geometry [to replace Euclid] the middle ages would have as soon thought of composing another New Testament.

— Augustus De Morgan

“ Euclid 's Elements has been for nearly twenty-two centuries the encouragement and guide of that scientific thought which is one thing with the…

— William Kingdon Clifford

The science of the church is neglected for the study of geometry, and they lose sight of Heaven while they are employed in measuring…

— Edward Gibbon

There is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New Testament.

— F. F. Bruce

I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek.

— Anne Rice

Christianity did take a lot of Greek concepts.

— Oliver Stone

I had always been an enthusiastic reader of stuff about ancient Greece. I would read Herodotus and Thucydides just for fun.

— Steven Pressfield

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

— Gilbert Murray

For my part, it was Greek to me.

— William Shakespeare

Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin.

— Juvenal

We think of Euclid as of fine ice; we admire Newton as we admire the peak of Teneriffe. Even the intensest labors, the most…

— Walter Bagehot

Greek is doubtless the most perfect [language] that has been contrived by the art of man.

— Edward Gibbon