Accepting Quote by Protagoras

The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else…

— Protagoras

“Esteemed friend, citizen of Athens, the greatest city in the world, so outstanding in both intelligence and power, aren't you ashamed to care so…

— Socrates

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

— Diogenes

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

— Alexander the Great

The law in Athens is true in Rome

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The city-state was the means by which the Greek consciously strove to make the life both of the community and of the individual more…

— H.D.F. Kitto

As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these…

— Christine Lagarde

“Athens was ripped from their wealth and territory but their culture still lived on. This now engraved upon your memory, what decision shall you…

— Anonymous

In a word I claim that our city as a whole is an education to Greece.

— Thucydides

“We honor the Greeks because in their art, literature, philosophy and civic history we discern the early stirrings of our own ideals—rationalism, humanism, democracy—which…

— Caroline Alexander

I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life.

— Paula Radcliffe

Athens is one of those cities that is very livable. And it's inexpensive. You can get by. And that makes for creativity. So people…

— Cindy Wilson