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Quotes by Greek Authors

"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

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"Blushing is the color of virtue."

"Blushing is the color of virtue."

Diogenes, Greek Philosopher

35

"By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich."

"By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich."

Democritus, Greek Philosopher

35

"We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this."

"We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this."

Panayiotis Zavos, Greek Scientist

35

"I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion."

"I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion."

Alexander the Great, Greek Leader

Wisdom, Knowledge

35

"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!"

"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!"

Homer, Greek Poet

Prudence, Wisdom, Doubt, Caution

35

"And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature."

"And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature."

John Chrysostom, Greek Clergyman

Men, Nature, Being, Human nature

35

"Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive."

"Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive."

Antisthenes, Greek Philosopher

Fight, Gifts, Quarrels

35

"A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother."

"A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother."

Homer, Greek Poet

Friendship, Brother, Friend

35

"For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother."

"For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother."

Homer, Greek Poet

Brotherhood, Friendship, Loyalty, Trust

35

"I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was organised in my honour, so it was rather amusing."

"I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was organised in my honour, so it was rather amusing."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

People, HusbPeople, Friends

35

"Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance."

"Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance."

Epicurus, Greek Philosopher

Wealth, Abundance

35

"Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder."

"Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Feeling, Philosophy, Wonder

35

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Resilience, Reaction, Life, Control

35

"Stand a little less between me and the sun."

"Stand a little less between me and the sun."

Diogenes, Greek Philosopher

Relationship, Sun

35

"Human beings are by nature political animals."

"Human beings are by nature political animals."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Citizenship, Nature, Politics, Community, Society

35

"A sight to touch e'en hatred's self with pity."

"A sight to touch e'en hatred's self with pity."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Ethics, Pity, Hatred, Compassion, Emotion

35

"Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice."

"Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Justice, Fear, Injustice, Suffering

35

"Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly."

"Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly."

Diogenes, Greek Philosopher

Animals, Man, Silly

35

"Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something."

"Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Speech, Talk, Silence

35

"Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace."

"Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Peace, War, Effort, Evil

35

"Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them."

"Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them."

Thucydides, Greek Historian

Man, Men, Court, Respect

35

"Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate."

"Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Man, Men, Circumstances

35

"All formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final."

"All formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final."

Hypatia, Greek Philosopher

35

"Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool."

"Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

35

"We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them."

"We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them."

Thucydides, Greek Historian

Friendship, Favors, Friends

34

"All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action."

"All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action."

Demosthenes, Greek Statesman

34

"As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish."

"As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish."

Demosthenes, Greek Statesman

Man, Men, Sound

34

"You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive approaching death they sing more merrily than before because of the joy they have in going to the God they serve."

"You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive approaching death they sing more merrily than before because of the joy they have in going to the God they serve."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Afterlife, Death, Joy, Faith, Transition

34

"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."

"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Justice, Tax, Income, Man, Will

34

"To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble."

"To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Gain, Trouble, Will, Worth

34

"I have no friends and no enemies - only competitors."

"I have no friends and no enemies - only competitors."

Aristotle Onassis, Greek Businessman

Friendship, Enemies, Friends

34

"Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil."

"Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Governance, Law, Morality, Evil, Spirit

34

"When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door."

"When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door."

Plutarch, Greek Philosopher

Friendship, Friends

34

"It is also in the interests of the tyrant to make his subjects poor... the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting."

"It is also in the interests of the tyrant to make his subjects poor... the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Tyranny, Tyrant, Poverty, People, Power

34

"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

34

"One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life."

"One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Life, Forget, Houses, Memories

34

"Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered."

"Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

34

"There was never a genius without a tincture of madness."

"There was never a genius without a tincture of madness."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Genius, Madness

34

"Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss."

"Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss."

Democritus, Greek Philosopher

Hope, Beginning, Gain, Loss

34

"Do you know that disease and death must needs overtake us no matter what we are doing? ... What do you wish to be doing when it overtakes you?... If you have anything better to be doing when you are so overtaken get to work on that."

"Do you know that disease and death must needs overtake us no matter what we are doing? ... What do you wish to be doing when it overtakes you?... If you have anything better to be doing when you are so overtaken get to work on that."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Philosophy, Life, Death, Responsibility, Purpose

34

"We should realize that an opinion is not easily formed unless a person says and hears the same things every day and practises them in real life."

"We should realize that an opinion is not easily formed unless a person says and hears the same things every day and practises them in real life."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Habit, Opinion, Observation, Truth

34

"The man whose authority is recent is always stern."

"The man whose authority is recent is always stern."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

34

"Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds."

"Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Success, Fame, Heroism, Achievement, Legacy

34

"This also is a part of the Church's teaching, that the world was made and took its beginning at a certain time, and is to be destroyed on account of its wickedness."

"This also is a part of the Church's teaching, that the world was made and took its beginning at a certain time, and is to be destroyed on account of its wickedness."

Origen, Greek Theologian

Time, Church, Beginning, Teaching

34

"To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking."

"To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking."

Alcaeus, Greek Poet

Escape, Drinking, Folly, Grief, Melancholy

34

"There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool."

"There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool."

Diogenes of Sinope, Greek Philosopher

Difference, Fool, Man

34

"OEDIPUS:O, O, O, they will all come,all come out clearly! Light of the sun, let melook upon you no more after today!I who first saw the light bred of a matchaccursed, and accursed in my livingwith them I lived with, cursed in my killing."

"OEDIPUS:O, O, O, they will all come,all come out clearly! Light of the sun, let melook upon you no more after today!I who first saw the light bred of a matchaccursed, and accursed in my livingwith them I lived with, cursed in my killing."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Literature, Fate, Tragedy, Life, Choice

34

"It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus."

"It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

34

"We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead."

"We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Life, Love, Time, Death

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