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Greek Quotes by Swami Vivekananda
- There have been two lines of progress in this world-political and religious. In the former the Greeks are everything, the modern political institutions being only…
- I think the Greeks first took astrology to India and took from the Hindus the science of astronomy and carried it back with them from…
- The secret of Greek Art is its imitation of nature even to the minutest details; whereas the secret of Indian Art is to represent the…
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- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- No one loves the man whom he fears. — Aristotle
- Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. — Lord Acton
- Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism… — Jan Peter Balkenende
- I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had. — Eric Bana
- Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events. — John Berger
- The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth… — Stella Adler
- The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies. — Edward Bond
- I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks. — Jorge Luis Borges
- The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add,… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Well, as I said, you know the issue of Greek debt, they've grasped the principle of debt reduction. I think most people… — Vince Cable