Affection Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“You could, if so inclined, read more Greek texts in the original Greek than the most prestigious Greek nobleman of classical times.”

— Kevin Kelly

It has always seemed to me a pity that the young people of our generation should grow up with such scant knowledge of Greek…

— James Loeb

I merely say that all reading for pleasure is escape, whether it be Greek, mathematics, astronomy, Benedetto Croce, or The Diary of the Forgotten…

— Raymond Chandler

“And this puts me in mind of that rich gentleman of Rome, who had been solicitous, with great expense, to procure men that were…

— Michel de Montaigne

“There have always been literate ignoramuses who have read too widely and not well. The Greeks had a name for such a mixture of…

— Mortimer J. Adler

“The dignity and energy of the Roman character, conspicuous in war and in politics, were not easily tamed and adjusted to the arts of…

— The Richmond Enquirer 1850s

“To have all those noble Romans alive before me, and walking in and out for my entertainment, instead of being the stern taskmasters they…

— Charles Dickens

The Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger (tutor to Nero) complained that his peers were wasting time and money accumulating too many books, admonishing that…

— Daniel Levitin

Well, I'm trained as a classicist, so I like to read the Greeks and Romans.

— Martha Nussbaum

“A classical work of literature can never be completely understood. But those who are educated and educating themselves must always desire to learn more…

— Friedrich Schlegel

“What’s the point of having countless books and libraries, whose titles could hardly be read through in a lifetime. The learner is not taught,…

— Ryan Holiday

Any man will go considerably out of his way to pick up a silver dollar; but here are golden words, which the wisest men…

— Henry David Thoreau