Academia Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“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

“Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you...”

— Anonymous

“The Greeks have three words for love, and that night we knew them all.”

— Luna McNamara

“I talk of love, a scholar's parrot may talk greek, but, self-imprisoned, always end where I begin.”

— phil keaggy

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

— Marion G. Harmon

“devouring their dark lips, dark with wine and fleeting love, an ancient memory love had promised but finally never gave, until there were too…

— Mark Z. Danielewski

“Love was not a drink one tasted and then rejected. Love was not something that could be avoided or arranged. Love was a highwayman,…

— Celeste Bradley

“How you, O Athenians, have been affected by my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that they almost made me forget who I…

— Plato

“...for the interests of rulers require that their subjects should be poor in spirit, and that there should be no strong bond of friendship…

— Plato

“Political success in Athens seemed to depend on having a party, and there seemed now to be no party with whom an honorable man…

— Irwin Edman

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

— Alexander the Great

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. --Plato

— Plato