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Quotes by Greek Authors

"You win the victory when you yield to friends."

"You win the victory when you yield to friends."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Friendship, Victory, Friends, Yield

15

"The bold are helpless without cleverness."

"The bold are helpless without cleverness."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Wisdom, Cleverness

15

"Not too little, not too much: there safety lies."

"Not too little, not too much: there safety lies."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Philosophy, Balance, Life, Truth

15

"A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother."

"A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

Family, Mother, Day

15

"He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled."

"He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Leadership, First

15

"Life is short, the art long."

"Life is short, the art long."

Hippocrates, Greek Scientist

15

"The life which is unexamined is not worth living."

"The life which is unexamined is not worth living."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Reflection, Life, Examination, Philosophy, Meaning

15

"Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details."

"Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details."

Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher

Man, Men, World

15

"Virtue is harmony."

"Virtue is harmony."

Pythagoras, Greek Mathematician

Virtue, Harmony

15

"The lucky person passes for a genius."

"The lucky person passes for a genius."

Euripides, Greek Poet

15

"Nature has given to men one tongue but two ears that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak."

"Nature has given to men one tongue but two ears that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Communication, Listening, Observation, Life

15

"For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends."

"For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Friendship, Trust, Disease, Friends, Tyranny

15

"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought."

"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Thought, Slavery

15

"For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice."

"For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Medical, Exercise, Loss, Voice

15

"Or else I would have sung a songin response to what the male sex sings.For our lengthy past has much to sayabout men's lives as well as ours."

"Or else I would have sung a songin response to what the male sex sings.For our lengthy past has much to sayabout men's lives as well as ours."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Society, Reflection, History, Gender, Expression

15

"If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you might have supported."

"If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you might have supported."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Self-Development, Strength, Character, Wisdom, Responsibility

15

"Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing."

"Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Man, Men, Control, Nothing

15

"He was a wise man who invented beer."

"He was a wise man who invented beer."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Beer, Man

15

"Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion."

"Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion."

Javan, Greek Celebrity

Love, Illusion, Magic

15

"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows."

"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

15

"Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else."

"Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Freedom, Nothing, Right

15

"Because a freeman ought not to be a slave in the acquisition of knowledge of any kind. Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."

"Because a freeman ought not to be a slave in the acquisition of knowledge of any kind. Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Education, Freedom, Knowledge, Learning, Mind

15

"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers."

"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Family, Children, Behavior, Observation, Truth

15

"There can be no fairer spectacle than that of a man, who combines the possession of moral beauty in his soul with outward beauty of form, corresponding and harmonizing with the former, because the same great pattern enters both."

"There can be no fairer spectacle than that of a man, who combines the possession of moral beauty in his soul with outward beauty of form, corresponding and harmonizing with the former, because the same great pattern enters both."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Virtue, Man, Soul, Beauty, Harmony

15

"Force has no place where there is need of skill."

"Force has no place where there is need of skill."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

15

"Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his ancestors."

"Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his ancestors."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Legacy, History, Slavery, Royalty, Ancestry

15

"...when he looks at Beauty in the only way that Beauty can be seen - only then will it become possible for him to give birth not to images of virtue (because he's in touch with no images), but to true virtue [arete] (because he is in touch with true Beauty). The love of the gods belongs to anyone who has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become immortal, it would be he."

"...when he looks at Beauty in the only way that Beauty can be seen - only then will it become possible for him to give birth not to images of virtue (because he's in touch with no images), but to true virtue [arete] (because he is in touch with true Beauty). The love of the gods belongs to anyone who has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become immortal, it would be he."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Philosophy, Beauty, Love, Virtue, Immortality

15

"What good is it to live a life that brings pains?"

"What good is it to live a life that brings pains?"

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

14

"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."

"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."

Epicurus, Greek Philosopher

Art, Dying, Living

14

"Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them."

"Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them."

Saint Basil, Greek Saint

Comfort, Loss, Measure, Will

14

"Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft."

"Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft."

Pericles, Greek Statesman

Love, Extravagance, Mind

14

"Much wisdom often goes with fewest words."

"Much wisdom often goes with fewest words."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

14

"I think sometimes you are born with a song."

"I think sometimes you are born with a song."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

14

"As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion."

"As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion."

Antisthenes, Greek Philosopher

14

"My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do."

"My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Energy, Living, Reason, Singing

14

"The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others."

"The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others."

John Chrysostom, Greek Clergyman

Woman, Women, Effect, Law, Nothing

14

"He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another."

"He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another."

Aesop, Greek Author

Discontent, Will

14

"Whom the gods love dies young."

"Whom the gods love dies young."

Menander, Greek Poet

14

"As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task."

"As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task."

Diogenes, Greek Philosopher

Friendship, Enemies, Friends, Man, Needs

14

"Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural."

"Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural."

Theophrastus, Greek Philosopher

Coward, Cowardice, Supernatural

14

"Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything."

"Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything."

Aesop, Greek Author

Contentment, Content, First

14

"Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life."

"Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life."

Aristophanes, Greek Poet

Life, People, Laws

14

"Much learning does not teach understanding."

"Much learning does not teach understanding."

Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher

Learning, Understanding

14

"Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning."

"Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning."

Antisthenes, Greek Philosopher

14

"UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life."

"UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

14

"Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin."

"Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin."

John Chrysostom, Greek Clergyman

Men, Power, May, Sin

14

"The art of being a slave is to rule one's master."

"The art of being a slave is to rule one's master."

Diogenes of Sinope, Greek Philosopher

14

"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors."

"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors."

Plutarch, Greek Philosopher

14

"Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame."

"Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

Work, Idleness, Shame

14

"Boss, life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and look for trouble."

"Boss, life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and look for trouble."

Michael Cacoyannis, Greek Filmmaker

Death, Life, Boss, Trouble

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