Quotes by Greek And Numenius, the Pythagorean philosopher, expressly writes: 'For what is Plato, but Moses speaking in Attic Greek.' Clement of Alexandria greek plato writing The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you of course what we found out, an examined life not that fascinating either. Colin Quinn greek life-is firsts The Olympics have just started and the Greeks are already 14 medals in debt. Conan O'Brien london-olympics greek funny The Greek word pseudepigrapha is a Greek word meaning 'falsely superscribed,' or what we moderns might call writing under a pen name. The classification, 'OT Pseudepigrapha,' is a label that scholars have given to these writings. Craig A. Evans greek names writing People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy. Curt Flood greek trying people Human reason is beautiful and invincible. No bars, no barbed wire, no pulping of books, No sentence of banishment can prevail against it. It puts what should be above things as they are. It does not know Jew from Greek nor slave from master. Czeslaw Milosz greek beautiful book Meaning can be usually be approximated, but often by sacrificing style. When I review my translations into Spanish, that's what I'm most concerned with, reading the sentences aloud in Spanish to make sure they sound the way I want them to. To be honest, I much prefer being translated into Greek or Japanese; in those cases, you have no way of being involved, and no pressure. Daniel Alarcon sacrifice greek reading The ancient Greek "oral poets" all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the muse to help them remember. David Antin anxiety greek memories English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings and then the French and then the Renaissance with all the Latin and Greek and Hebrew in the background. David Crystal vacuums greek latin I've long said that comic books are the modern equivalent of our Greek myths. David S. Goyer greek long book The Greeks had invented democracy, built the Acropolis and called it a day. David Sedaris acropolis democracy greek In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb. Dennis Lehane tragedy greek fall In Greek mythology, the hero wants to be great, but the very concept does not exist in the Indian vocabulary. Yet it has become the global template. And it's a template that won't fit in India. Devdutt Pattanaik vocabulary greek hero Out of all those centuries the Greeks can count seven sages at the most, and if anyone looks at them more closely I swear he'll not find so much as a half-wise man or even a third of a wise man among them. Desiderius Erasmus greek wise men I have turned my entire attention to Greek. The first thing I shall do, as soon as the money arrives, is to buy some Greek authors; after that, I shall buy clothes. Desiderius Erasmus clothes greek attention Do you have any Greek in you? That was just a tactful way of asking if you're pregnant. If you're not, then let's break up. Demetri Martin greek asking way He (King Philip) wanted as many Greeks as possible to take part in the festivities in honour of the gods, and so planned brilliant musical contests and lavish banquets for his friends and guests. Out of all Greece he summoned his personal guest-friends and ordered the members of his court to bring along as many as they could of their acquaintances from abroad. Diodorus Siculus musical greek kings The world is more than the sum of its suffering. Deepak Chopra mathematical-logic greek spiritual Forgiveness is a beautiful thing. That's why I forgive Reince Priebus, that little Greek rascal. Don King forgiving greek beautiful We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the whole area of politics. Donald Kagan degrees certain greek «1234567891011»