Books Quote by James Loeb

among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the beauties of their originals…

— Thomas Jefferson

Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists…

— George Andrew Olah

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

— Juvenal

“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

I very much wish that some day or other you may have time to learn Greek, because that language is an idea. Even a…

— Sara Coleridge

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

— Francois Rabelais

“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

Literature transcends national boundaries, racial boundaries. It goes deep into the issues that concern all human beings. That is why, when people read Greek…

— Gao Xingjian

“You could, if so inclined, read more Greek texts in the original Greek than the most prestigious Greek nobleman of classical times.”

— Kevin Kelly

I adore the classical pieces of our culture. The Greek and Roman are still inside and everywhere; it's impossible to disconnect.

— Alessandro Michele

“The ambition to secure an education was most praiseworthy and encouraging. The idea, however, was too prevalent that, as soon as one secured a…

— Booker T. Washington

Greek culture is pleasant to contemplate because of its great simplicity and naturalness, and because of the absence of gadgets, each of which is…

— George Sarton