List Of Greek Quotes

Few Of The Great Works Of Ancient Greek Literature Are Easy Reading.

The Fact Is That Much Misunderstanding Is Often Caused By Our Modern Attempts To Limit Too Strictly The Meaning Of A Greek Word.

Greek Was Very Much A Live Language, And A Language Still Unconscious Of Grammar, Not, Like Ours, Dominated By Definitions And Trained Upon Dictionaries.

Look, The Whole World Wants To Modernize, And When You Look To What They Mean By Modernizing, They Mean Americanize. Would A Modern Greek Prefer To Live In Orange County Than Piraeus? Yes. Absolutely.

Not All Greeks Are Ready To Do Whatever Is Necessary To Stay In The Euro.

There Is No Doubt That Greek And Latin Are Great And Handsome Ornaments, But We Buy Them Too Dear.

We Forget How The Greeks And Romans Prevailed Magnificently In A Barbaric World And How That Triumph Ended-how A Slackness And Softness Finally Overcame Them To Their Ruin. In The End, More Than They Wanted Freedom, They Wanted Security And A Comfortable Life; And They Lost All-comfort And Security And Freedom.

If You Go Back To The Greeks And Romans, They Talk About All Three - Wine, Food, And Art - As A Way Of Enhancing Life.

All Free Peoples Are Deeply Impressed By The Courage And Steadfastness Of The Greek Nation.

A Laudation In Greek Is Of Marvellous Efficacy On The Title-page Of A Book.

Come Back With Your Shield - Or On It

Painting Is Silent Poetry, And Poetry Is Painting That Speaks.