Quotes by Greek The interesting thing is that the 82% of the Greeks do not want to abandon the Euro. They really believe that there might be some kind of magical way where we could stay in the Eurozone but do not do our homework. This is not possible. So what we are trying to do is explain, you know, we in Greece invented democracy but we also invented at the same time populism. Dora Bakoyannis greek believe interesting The games of the ancient Greeks were, in their original institutions, religious solemnities. Dorothea Brande greek religious games Versatility is one of the few human traits which are universally intolerable. You may be good at Greek and good at painting and be popular. You may be good at Greek and good at sport, and be wildly popular. But try all three and you’re a mountebank. Nothing arouses suspicion quicker than genuine, all-round proficiency. Dorothy Dunnett greek trying sports To defer anything to the Greek Calends is to defer it sine die. There were no calends in the Greek months. The Romans used to pay rents, taxes, bills, etc., on the calends, and to defer paying them to the “Greek Calends” was virtually to repudiate them. (See NEVER.) E. Cobham Brewer bills greek pay The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world's curriculum does not include Latin and Greek. E. V. Lucas greek latin education It's ironic that Olympic spectators will never have seen Yiannis Kouros, the greatest Greek athlete since Pheidippides Ed Ayres ironic greek athlete So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so. Eddie Izzard questioning yeah greek To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit. Edith Hamilton greek beautiful world Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters. Edith Hamilton greek names men They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world. Edith Hamilton greek discovery world The Greeks were the first intellectualists. In a world where the irrational had played the chief role, they came forward as the protagonists of the mind. Edith Hamilton greek mind firsts Aristotle's opinion... that comets were nothing else than sublunary vapors or airy meteors... prevailed so far amongst the Greeks, that this sublimest part of astronomy lay altogether neglected; since none could think it worthwhile to observe, and to give an account of the wandering and uncertain paths of vapours floating in the Ether. Edmond Halley greek giving thinking The Greek temple is the creation, par excellence, of mind and spirit in equilibrium. Edith Hamilton excellence greek mind ..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton Edith Hamilton no-trust hamilton greek I came to the Greeks early, and I found answers in them. Greece's great men let all their acts turn on the immortality of the soul. We don't really act as if we believed in the soul's immortality and that's why we are where we are today. Edith Hamilton greek soul men The fundamental facts about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priest had said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought." The Greeks said, All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought. Edith Hamilton greek use mind To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction. Edith Hamilton greek gone beautiful Poets that lasting marble seek, Must come in Latin or in Greek. Edmund Waller poet greek latin A landscape, torn by mists and clouds, in which I can see ruins of old churches, as well as of Greek temples - that is Brahms. Edvard Grieg church greek clouds The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies. Edward Bond tragedy greek said «23456789101112»