Art and science Quote by James Elliott

“The Romans were distinguished for their genius for law-giving and government, the Greeks for philosophy, art, and mental culture generally.”

— James Elliott

“The words of the Greeks are born on their lips, but those of the Romans in their hearts.”

— Cato

“The ancient Greeks considered love a mental illness that led to suicide, homicide, betrayal, war, all sorts of fun.”

— Marion G. Harmon

“Empathy, the Greeks believed, was a source of strength, not softness; the more you recognized yourself in others and connected with their distress, the…

— Christopher McDougall

“You see, the foundations of our culture were laid in classical Greece, where physical beauty and the body were celebrated. But our culture is…

— Ted Chiang

“Greece is like a mirror. It makes you suffer. Then you learn.”

— John Fowles

“In the East — in Greece and Syria and Egypt — the Romans had conquered countries which had ancient and splendid traditions, and were…

— George Hodges

“If my body is a Temple, then The Greeks and Romans ransacked it years ago”

— josh stern

“If the Greeks were—as they were indeed—a brilliant people, they were individualistic to a fault, and concerned with the fate and fortune of themselves…

— Ernle Bradford

“Heroism isn’t some mysterious inner virtue, the Greeks believed; it’s a collection of skills that every man and woman can master so that in…

— Christopher McDougall

“Every Roman was surrounded by slaves. The slave and his psychology flooded ancient Italy, and every Roman became inwardly, and of course unwittingly, a…

— C.G. Jung

The Greeks were the first intellectualists. In a world where the irrational had played the chief role, they came forward as the protagonists of…

— Edith Hamilton