"If it is true that the violin is……" — Helen Keller
"If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought"
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370 Quotes by Helen Keller
Helen Keller has 370 quotes on this site.
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Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who gets…
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What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads…
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I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of…
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A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.
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Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.
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I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation…
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Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction!
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Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first!
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Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
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Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love…
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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
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I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was…
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More Greek Quotes
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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them…
— Aristotle
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Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
— Aristotle
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No one loves the man whom he fears.
— Aristotle
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Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
— Lord Acton
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Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity,…
— Jan Peter Balkenende
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I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.
— Eric Bana
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Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events.
— John Berger
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The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see…
— Stella Adler
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The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies.
— Edward Bond
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I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Well, as I said, you know the issue of Greek debt, they've grasped the principle of debt reduction. I think…
— Vince Cable
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