Quotes by Greek Greek is the morning land of languages, and has the freshness of early dew in it which will never exhale. Harriet Beecher Stowe land greek morning My first job was a Greek tragedy, and ever since, one job just seemed to roll onto the next. I've been terribly lucky. Hayley Atwell tragedy greek jobs Life to most Greeks may be either tragic or comic or a mixture of both; but one thing it never is - and that is, meaningless. Helen Clark MacInnes mixtures greek may I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see what's happening in society. I could never write a crime story just for the sake of it, because I always want to talk about certain things in society. Henning Mankell mirrors greek writing Higher than "thou shalt" stands "I will" (the heroes), and higher than "I will" stands "I am" (the Greek gods). Friedrich Nietzsche morality greek hero The Greeks... labored under the delusion that their democracy was a guarantee of peace and plenty, not realizing that unrestrained majority rule always destroys freedom, puts the minority at the mercy of the mob, and works at cross-purposes to the effective use of human energy and individual initiative. Henry Grady Weaver majority-rule historical greek The superiority of the Greeks seems not so much the result of climate and society, as of the simplicity of their end and the uniformity of their means. Henry Fuseli simplicity greek mean It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise. Henry A. Kissinger tragedy greek history I enquire now as to the genesis of a philologist and assert the following: 1. A young man cannot possibly know what Greeks and Romans are. 2. He does not know whether he is suited for finding out about them. Friedrich Nietzsche greek doe men The gothic is singular in this; one seems easily at home in the renaissance; one is not too strange in the Byzantine; as for the Roman, it is ourselves; and we could walk blindfolded through every chink and cranny of the Greek mind; all these styles seem modern when we come close to them; but the gothic gets away. Henry Adams style greek home If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought. Helen Keller musical greek perfect No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never be in a condition to repeat it backwards without further training. Hermann Ebbinghaus training greek may Without the concepts, methods and results found and developed by previous generations right down to Greek antiquity one cannot understand either the aims or achievements of mathematics in the last 50 years. [Said in 1950] Hermann Weyl achievement greek years The Scythians take kannabis seed, creep in under the felts, and throw it on the red-hot stones. It smolders and sends up such billows of steam-smoke that no Greek vapor bath can surpass it. The Scythians howl with joy in these vapor-baths, which serve them instead of bathing, for they never wash their bodies with water. Herodotus greek joy water The Greeks have snatched up their spears. Hilda Doolittle anger greek war Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins? Herman Melville benefits greek numbers The three states of the caterpillar, larva, and butterfly have, since the time of the Greek poets, been applied to typify the human being,--its terrestrial form, apparent death, and ultimate celestial destination. Humphry Davy butterfly three greek The Berbers belong to a powerful, formidable, and numerous people; a true people like so many others, the world has seen - like the Arabs, the Persians, the Greeks and the Romans. Ibn Khaldun powerful greek people The sciences of only one nation, the Greeks, have come down to us, because they were translated through Al-Ma'mun's efforts. He was successful in this direction because he had many translators at his disposal and spent much money in this connection. Ibn Khaldun effort greek successful Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed Homer greek men heaven «7891011121314151617»
