Forest-quotes Quote by Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Did you hear the story of Socrates? He was a philosopher in ancient Greece, so they killed him.”

— Troy DeNuthe

“The highest hope of Socrates’ peers, of young Athenian men, was to serve Athens by dying for her.”

— Bettany Hughes

“The story is told of Socrates walking through the market in Athens, with its groaning abundance of options, and saying to himself, "Who would…

— Os Guinness

“Whilst he was very young, he was a soldier in the expedition against Potidaea, where Socrates lodged in the same tent with him, and…

— Plutarch

“After they had lost the war with Sparta the Athenians looked for someone to blame. They blamed the old teacher, Socrates. Being a rather…

— Terry Deary

“I am a son of Achilles and Athens is my spiritual home.”

— Hekataios Amerikos

“The hounds snap fierce at your heels. Turn toward Athens. I hear them pelting hard on you, I see black flesh and snake-hands coiling…

— Euripides

“Socrates, the dialectical hero of the Platonic drama, reminds us of the kindred nature of the Euripidean hero who must defend his actions with…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Matheus wondered if the antelope ever volunteered to be eaten by the lion.”

— Amy Fecteau

“There is only one predator more formidable than a lion: fear.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“That wild, dangerous part of him. He knew now where it was running, and to whom. He could never have known that the one…

— Thea Harrison

“It's a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”

— Donna Tartt