Alexander the Great
Military Leader, King
"How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens."
Athens quotes
Athens
30 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Pablo Picasso
Painter, Sculptor
"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."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"And thence from Athens turn away our eyes To seek new friends and stranger companies."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Every man has his fault, and honesty is his."
Lord Byron
Poet, Novelist
"Gone, glimmering through the dream of things that were."
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"The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts."
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"Men shut their doors against a setting sun."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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