Able Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“The Romans were distinguished for their genius for law-giving and government, the Greeks for philosophy, art, and mental culture generally.”

— James Elliott

“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world." [As quoted in Plutarch's Of Banishment ]”

— Socrates

Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen.

— George Bernard Shaw

“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

When I became thoroughly acquainted with the Greek and Roman authors, I thought it incumbent upon me to do something towards the honor of…

— John Arbuthnot

“The ambition to secure an education was most praiseworthy and encouraging. The idea, however, was too prevalent that, as soon as one secured a…

— Booker T. Washington

“To what shall I compare my literary pursuits in India? Suppose Greek literature to be known in modern Greece only, and there to be…

— Aatish Taseer

Next, to make them expert in the usefullest points of grammar; and withal to season them and win them early to the love of…

— John Milton

“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

“In a rational state it would be more appropriate to ensure that a cobbler passed an examination than an executive civil servant; because shoe-making…

— Karl Marx

Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians... and of all…

— Alexander the Great

The Greek people not only relate to the ancient traditions, they have fought, they have shed blood, until recently, to defend the values of…

— Alexis Tsipras