Greek Quote by Edmund Waller Download Open image “Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.” — Edmund Waller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Greek Lasting Latin Marble Poet Poetry
I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“Great poetry, whether written in Greek or in English, needs no other interpreter than a responsive heart.” — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Greeks heard the poems read on stage while a group of dancers performed. Then a clever poet called Aeschylus came along and had a… — Terry Deary Copy Share Image
“Aristotle affirms that philosophy did not pass from Greece to Gaul, that is to the Druids, but was received from them.” — John Daniel Copy Share Image
I lately met with an old volume from a London bookshop, containing the Greek Minor Poets, and it was a pleasure to read once… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“If you ask me if I know how to speak Latin, I’ll say, “No, it’s all Greek to me.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“You could, if so inclined, read more Greek texts in the original Greek than the most prestigious Greek nobleman of classical times.” — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Days when I came to flower serenely in Lycée gardens long ago, and read my Apuleius keenly, but spared no glance for Cicero.” — Alexander Pushkin Copy Share Image
“As the Greeks see it, elegance arises from excavation, from the cavity.” — Roberto Calasso Copy Share Image
“If you read every poem in every anthology of Greek poetry, you wouldn't read one poem in which a character of the woman who's… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
Could we forbear dispute, and practice love, We should agree as angels do above. Where love presides, not vice alone does find, No entrance… — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
Music so softens and disarms the mind That not an arrow does resistance find. — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze; but time and thunder pay respect to bays. — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
The fear of Hell, or aiming to be blest, Savors too much of private interest. This moved not Moses, nor the zealous Paul, Who… — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
All things but one you can restore; the heart you get returns no more. — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
To man, that was in th' evening made, Stars gave the first delight; Admiring, in the gloomy shade, Those little drops of light. — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
What use of oaths, of promise, or of test, where men regard no God but interest? — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your… — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
Fade, flowers, fade! Nature will have it so; 'tis but what we in our autumn do. — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love. While I listen to thy Voice. — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again his stage, and Chaucer paints anew his age. — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
Drill in exact translation is an excellent way of disposing the mind against that looseness and exaggeration with which the sensationalists have corrupted our… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
My Mom always cooked healthy. Greek food lends itself to cooking healthy. — Cat Cora Copy Share Image
Natural history is not taught in seminary. This is curious, as most people in pastoral ministry are about 567 times more likely to be… — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together. — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and Shakespeare...neither knew chocolate. — Sandra Boynton Copy Share Image
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot, and he it is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There's something about the superheroes and the idea behind their relationship with humans, whether it's a metaphor for the better part of ourselves, or… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
When we started Appaloosa, we were going to name it Pegasus because everyone was using Greek names. We filed the name. We paid $300,… — David Tepper Copy Share Image
