Books Quote by George Mikes

I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country [England], that man lives by Greek and Latin alone; that is, by knowing…

— Lord Chesterfield

“No;—nobody in England ever is taught anything but Latin and Greek,—with this singular result, that after ten or a dozen years of learning not…

— Anthony Trollope

It has always seemed to me a pity that the young people of our generation should grow up with such scant knowledge of Greek…

— James Loeb

It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.

— Francois Rabelais

There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I have friends who read my books in Greek.

— Brian Lumley

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

— Winston Churchill

“I was made to learn Latin and Greek, but I resented it, being of opinion that it was silly to learn a language that…

— Bertrand Russell

“William was deeply humiliated. I tried to comfort him; I told him that for three days he had been looking for a text in…

— Umberto Eco

“There have always been literate ignoramuses who have read too widely and not well. The Greeks had a name for such a mixture of…

— Mortimer J. Adler

“It’s in Latin.” “So? What does it say?” “I don’t read Latin!” “You’re kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn’t that the international…

— Rachel Caine

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

— Juvenal