Athenians Quote by Matthew Arnold

“It is the noble races that have left behind them the concept 'barbarian' wherever they have gone; even their highest culture betrays a consciousness…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“After the Age of Pericles, as Athenian confidence dimmed, that famous confidence was all too often replaced by cynicism, modesty by cockiness, sincerity by…

— Thomas Cahill

... Athenians are addicted to innovation. They are daring beyond their judgment they toil on with little opportunity for enjoying, being ever engaged in…

— Thucydides

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

— Amy Lowell

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

— Alexander the Great

“To Aristotle, eudaimonia is not a fleeting positive emotion. Rather, it is something you do. Leading a eudaimonic life, Aristotle argued, requires cultivating the…

— Emily Esfahani Smith

“Aristotle would clear up this moral confusion in an Athenian minute. Happiness, he believed, meant not only feeling good but doing good. Thus, the…

— Eric Weiner

“We long for experiences “of profound connection with others,” he writes, “of deep understanding of natural phenomena, of love, of being profoundly moved by…

— Jennifer Senior

“The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement. If Eudaimonia,…

— Aristotle

The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

— John F. Kennedy

“Unlike at the Academy or the Lyceum, women, some of them concubines and mistresses, as well as a few slaves, joined the conversation; further,…

— Epicurus

“There is never any lack at Athens of tongues ready and willing to stir up the passions of the common people; this kind of…

— Livy