Quotes by Greek/Greece authors (page 4)

"Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly"

Democritus, Philosopher

"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion"

Democritus, Philosopher

"It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others"

Democritus, Philosopher

"I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia"

Democritus, Philosopher

"The foundation of every state is the education of its youth"

Diogenes, Philosopher

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

Diogenes, Philosopher

"It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little"

Diogenes, Philosopher

"I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals"

Diogenes, Philosopher

"We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less"

Diogenes, Philosopher

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

Aeschylus, Playwright

"Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering"

Aeschylus, Playwright

"I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence"

Aeschylus, Playwright

"From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow"

Aeschylus, Playwright

"A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house"

Aeschylus, Playwright

"Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil"

Menander, Poet

"The character of a man is known from his conversations"

Menander, Poet

"He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor"

Menander, Poet

"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little"

Epicurus, Philosopher

"The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool"

Epicurus, Philosopher

"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one"

Epicurus, Philosopher

"Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing"

Homer, Poet

"Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend"

Homer, Poet

"The ECB's interventions in sovereign bond markets should not be perceived or interpreted as a 'freebie' for governments. They are temporary"

Lucas Papademos, Politician

"Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms"

Lucas Papademos, Politician

"How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens"

Alexander the Great, Leader

"A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient"

Alexander the Great, Leader

"Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity"

Hippocrates, Scientist

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

Aristotle Onassis, Businessman

"The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows"

Aristotle Onassis, Businessman

"Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth"

Hesiod, Poet

"He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner"

Hesiod, Poet

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

Hesiod, Poet

"If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning"

Aristotle Onassis, Businessman

"There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer"

Nana Mouskouri, Musician

"Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them"

Hypatia, Philosopher

"Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes"

Antisthenes, Philosopher

"Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults"

Antisthenes, Philosopher

"I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish"

Nana Mouskouri, Musician

"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, Philosopher

"Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war. Above all, we are free men, and they are slaves"

Arrian, Historian

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Quotes by Greek authors