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• The members of the department became like the Athenians who, according to the Apostle Paul, "spent their time in nothing else, but… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
• The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you. — Themistocles
• I will not allow the Athenians to sin twice against philosophy, — Aristotle
• It is not I who have lost the Athenians, but the Athenians who have lost me. — Anaxagoras
• Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it… — Thucydides
• We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done. — Demosthenes
• The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence,… — Protagoras
• This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have… — Livy
• Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear… — Lactantius
• What is the foundation of that interest all men feel in Greek history, letters, art, and poetry, in all its periods, from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs… — Plato
• O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you! — Alexander the Great

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