Greek philosopher Quote by Robert Harris

“Prudent men are wont to say--and this not rashly or without good ground--that he who would foresee what has to be should reflect on…

— Machiavelli Nicolo Machiavelli

The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens to them.…

— Stanley Krippner

“If you wish to be a writer; write! Send quote to a friend Epictetus (50-120) Greek philosopher.”

— Epictetus

“...I like to see things through the lens of Greek tragedy, which teaches us, among other things, that real tragedy is never a straightforward…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

“Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself."   - Epictetus”

— Dennis Crosby

“Remember your Plato, Maeve. ‘If a man, fixing his attention on these and the like difficulties, does away with the idea of things and…

— Elizabeth Cunningham

The manner in which Epictetus, Montaigne, and Salomon de Tultie wrote, is the most usual, the most suggestive, the most remembered, and the oftener…

— Blaise Pascal

“But the true nature which we repress continues nevertheless to abide within us. Thus it is that at times, if we read the latest…

— Marcel Proust

“The visible aspect of modern life disturbs him not; rather is it for him to render eternal all that is beautiful in Greek, Italian,…

— Oscar Wilde

“A poet, Hephaestion, sings not to narrate human events as they occur, but to make sure that we have the opportunity of living the…

— Valerio Massimo Manfredi

“This book aims to capture, and explore, the outrageousness, inventiveness, and sheer fun that characterize classical mythology. But it is also born of the…

— Helen Morales

“Not the criticism of individual contemporaries will decide the truth or falsity of these discoveries, but future generations. There are things that are not…

— Carl Jung