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"Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond."

"Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond."

Hypatia, Greek Philosopher

Life, Travel, Truth, Lie

5

"A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician."

"A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician."

Hippocrates, Greek Scientist

Knowledge, Astrology, Right

5

"Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety."

"Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

5

"Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest."

"Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

God, Houses, Rest, Trees

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"We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best."

"We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Life, Thought, Feelings, Time

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"For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock."

"For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

5

"I am dying with the help of too many physicians."

"I am dying with the help of too many physicians."

Alexander the Great, Greek Leader

Health, Dying, Help, Physicians

5

"It is good even for old men to learn wisdom."

"It is good even for old men to learn wisdom."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Wisdom, Men, Old

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"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks."

"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

5

"I am a citizen of the world."

"I am a citizen of the world."

Demosthenes, Greek Statesman

5

"Of prosperity mortals can never have enough."

"Of prosperity mortals can never have enough."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Wealth, Prosperity

5

"The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so."

"The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Humility, Being, Content

5

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

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

Euripides, Greek Poet

Thought, Slavery

5

"A great book is like great evil."

"A great book is like great evil."

Callimachus, Greek Poet

5

"Change in all things is sweet."

"Change in all things is sweet."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

5

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

5

"Even a poor man can receive honors."

"Even a poor man can receive honors."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

5

"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

5

"For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune."

"For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

God, Gods, Man, Misfortune

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"But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods."

"But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

5

"Philosophy is the highest music."

"Philosophy is the highest music."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Philosophy, Music

5

"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

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"Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous."

"Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Knowledge, Evil

5

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

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

Herodotus, Greek Historian

5

"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."

"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Happiness, Power, Will

5

"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."

"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Education, Art, Life, Children, Living

5

"I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be."

"I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be."

Diogenes, Greek Philosopher

5

"Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul."

"Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul."

Democritus, Greek Philosopher

Happiness, Soul, Gold, Possessions

4

"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

4

"And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation?"

"And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation?"

Melina Mercouri, Greek Actress

Greece, Possessions

4

"For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased."

"For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased."

Aeschines, Greek Statesman

Men, Laws, Will

4

"'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old."

"'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old."

Alcaeus, Greek Poet

Man, Old, Wrath

4

"No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil."

"No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil."

Citium Zeno, Greek Philosopher

4

"A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs."

"A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs."

Epicurus, Greek Philosopher

Life, Possessions

4

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire."

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Determination, Nature, Habit, Actions, Chance

4

"The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all."

"The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all."

Origen, Greek Theologian

4

"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."

"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."

Origen, Greek Theologian

4

"The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."

"The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Challenge, Difficulty, Gain, Glory, Reputation

4

"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

4

"No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so."

"No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so."

Xenophanes, Greek Philosopher

Truth, Being, Chance, Will

4

"Speech is the mirror of action."

"Speech is the mirror of action."

Solon, Greek Statesman

4

"Evil counsel travels fast."

"Evil counsel travels fast."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

4

"But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper."

"But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

People, Land, Strangers

4

"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects."

"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Time, Rest, Right, Will

4

"I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians."

"I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians."

Alexander the Great, Greek Leader

Health, Dying, Physicians, Treatment

4

"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

4

"Philosophy begins in wonder."

"Philosophy begins in wonder."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wonder, Philosophy

4

"We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds."

"We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds."

Aristotle Onassis, Greek Businessman

Progress, Hope, Rest, Sea, Will

4

"Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin."

"Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

4

"A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it."

"A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Society, Calumny, First, Man

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