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Quotes by Greek Authors

"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

6

"Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony."

"Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony."

Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher

Harmony, Opposition

6

"As for me, all I know is that I know nothing."

"As for me, all I know is that I know nothing."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Ignorance, Nothing

6

"He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. But to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden."

"He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. But to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Aging, Happiness, Calm, Nature

5

"United we stand, divided we fall."

"United we stand, divided we fall."

Aesop, Greek Author

5

"Why? Will no man ever do something without a why? Just like that? For the hell of it?"

"Why? Will no man ever do something without a why? Just like that? For the hell of it?"

Michael Cacoyannis, Greek Filmmaker

Hell, Man, Will

5

"Of all possessions a friend is the most precious."

"Of all possessions a friend is the most precious."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Friendship, Friend, Possessions

5

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

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

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

5

"No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will."

"No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will."

Euripides, Greek Poet

People, Wealth, Acting, Fortune

5

"When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world."

"When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Love, Work, Care, Giving

5

"It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy."

"It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

Organization, Disorder, Enemy

5

"When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger."

"When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Reflection, Anger, Fault, Forget, Man

5

"Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure."

"Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

5

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life."

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

5

"Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not."

"Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not."

Xenophon, Greek Soldier

Self-control, Excess, Grief, Injury, Living

5

"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."

"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."

Aesop, Greek Author

Appearance, Birds

5

"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

5

"Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet."

"Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

5

"It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself."

"It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Nation, Country

5

"If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping."

"If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Cure, Gold, Tears, Weeping

5

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

5

"Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity."

"Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity."

Pindar, Greek Poet

Beauty, Necessity

5

"The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead."

"The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Education, Living

5

"Acquisition means life to miserable mortals."

"Acquisition means life to miserable mortals."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

5

"Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."

"Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Time, Desire, First, Nothing

5

"Sublimity is the echo of great mind."

"Sublimity is the echo of great mind."

Longinus, Greek Critic

5

"Time is the wisest counsellor of all."

"Time is the wisest counsellor of all."

Pericles, Greek Statesman

5

"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

5

"Much learning does not teach understanding."

"Much learning does not teach understanding."

Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher

Learning, Understanding

5

"The wisest of the wise may err."

"The wisest of the wise may err."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Fallibility, May

5

"Hope is a waking dream."

"Hope is a waking dream."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Hope, Dream, Waking

5

"All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain."

"All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Philosophy, Lies, Words

5

"Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm."

"Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Hope, Misery, Wind

5

"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

5

"Philosophy can make people sick."

"Philosophy can make people sick."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Critique, Philosophy, Illness, Mind, Thinking

5

"Prosperity is full of friends."

"Prosperity is full of friends."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Friendship, Friends, Prosperity

5

"After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts."

"After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts."

Aristotle Onassis, Greek Businessman

Success, Money, Goal

5

"They must therefore not spoil Alexander's undertaking, especially when they were almost at the close of their toils, and were, moreover, no longer in any difficulty about provisions on their coasting cruise."

"They must therefore not spoil Alexander's undertaking, especially when they were almost at the close of their toils, and were, moreover, no longer in any difficulty about provisions on their coasting cruise."

Arrian, Greek Historian

Military, Difficulty

5

"Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency."

"Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency."

Aesop, Greek Author

Originality, Truth, Character, Values

5

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Positive, People, Company, Key

5

"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death."

"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Courage, Death, Fear, Pain

5

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Positive, Quality, Habit, Act

5

"In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable."

"In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable."

Hypatia, Greek Philosopher

Man, Men, Truth, Fact, Fight

5

"Hunger is insolent, and will be fed."

"Hunger is insolent, and will be fed."

Homer, Greek Poet

5

"Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed."

"Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Faith, Religion, Treasure, Will

5

"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls."

"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

5

"As to gods, I have no way of knowing either that they exist or do not exist, or what they are like."

"As to gods, I have no way of knowing either that they exist or do not exist, or what they are like."

Protagoras, Greek Philosopher

5

"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Death, Blessings, May

5

"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore."

"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore."

Euripides, Greek Poet

5

"The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all."

"The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all."

Protagoras, Greek Philosopher

Advice, Excellence, Right

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