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Quotes by Greek Authors
"I believe, however, that such abnormal moments can be found in everyone, and it is all the more fortunate when they occur in individuals with creative talent or with clairvoyant powers."
"Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest."
"How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?"
"We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and that they bore prudence on their lips."
"Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm."
"Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire."
"There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion."
"It is a great thing, indeed, to make a proper use of the poetical forms, as also of compounds and strange words. But the greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity in dissimilars."
"Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few."
"The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool."
"As the sun does not wait for prayers and incantations tob e induced to rise, but immediately shines and is saluted by all, so do you also not wait for clappings of hands and shouts of praise tob e induced to do good, but be a doer of good voluntarily and you will be beloved as much as the sun."
"Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit."
"Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards."
"The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted."
"Revolutions are not about trifles but spring from trifles."
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
"If you want to make progress, put up with being perceived as ignorant or naive in worldly matters, don't aspire to a reputation for sagacity. If you do impress others as somebody, don't altogether believe it. You have to realize, it isn't easy to keep your will in agreement with nature, as well as externals. Caring about the one inevitably means you are going to shortchange the other."
"Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war."
"Wherever you turn, there is always something wrong with the politicians. They have everything they need to save the world, and they don't save it."
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