Quotes by Athens If many people follow your enthusiastic endeavours, perhaps a new Athens might be created in the land of the Franks, or rather a much better one. Alcuin athens land people Still when the lust of tyrant power succeeds, some Athens perishes, or some Tully bleeds. Alexander Pope athens tyrants lust How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. Alexander the Great athens names winning An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens' profit. Aristophanes athens idiot law The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens. Bill Toomey athens cities games The male orientation of classical Athens was inseparable from its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny. Camille Paglia athens males genius Baseball, like Pericles' Athens (or any other good society), is simultaneously democratic and aristrocratic. Anyone can enjoy it, but the more you apply yourself, the more you enjoy it. George Will athens enjoy baseball The way some German politicians have lashed out at Greece when the country fell into the crisis has left deep wounds there. I was just as shocked by the banners of protesters in Athens that showed the German chancellor in a Nazi uniform. Jean-Claude Juncker deep-wounds athens country Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life. Jostein Gaarder athens horse trying He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life. Jostein Gaarder athens leniency done Gone, glimmering through the dream of things that were. Lord Byron athens gone dream People aren't familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew. Mark Zupan athens sports people The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens who happened to be working and wanted to express themselves. Pablo Picasso athens sculpture people I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life. Paula Radcliffe athens I took a lot of bad things after Athens. I just learnt to deal with it. The problem was beforehand I had this feeling where I was trying to please everybody - I wanted everybody to like me. Paula Radcliffe athens feelings trying If Athens shall appear great to you, consider then that her glories were purchased by valiant men, and by men who learned their duty. Pericles athens glory men Anacharsis coming to Athens, knocked at Solon's door, and told him that he, being a stranger, was come to be his guest, and contract a friendship with him; and Solon replying, "It is better to make friends at home," Anacharsis replied, "Then you that are at home make friendship with me. Plutarch athens home doors We have the ability to be the Athens of modern times as opposed to the militaristic Sparta. I remind you that the Athenians wrote poetry. The Spartans did not. Rita Mae Brown sparta athens modern It certainly is an embarrassing fact, then, for certain classical scholars to have to face, that the Platonic Academy continued to function in Athens for over nine hundred years. Robert K. G. Temple athens nine years An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise. Robert South athens rubbish paradise 12»