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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright

Greek

"Politics is made up of two words: "Poli," which is Greek for "many," and "tics," which are bloodsucking insects."

Two Blood Greek

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Plutarch Philosopher, Historian

Greek

"Come back with your shield - or on it"

Greek Shields Sparta

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Plutarch Philosopher, Historian

Greek

"While Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance of the Great King's army and demanded that the Greeks lay down their arms and submit to the might of Persia. Leonidas laconically told Xerxes, "Come and get them."

Kings Army Greek

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Isaac Newton Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer

Greek

"What the Latins have done in this text (1 John v, 7) the Greeks have done to Paul (1 Tim. iii, 16). They now read, "Great is the mystery of godliness; God manifest in the flesh"; whereas all the churches for the first four or five hundred years, and the authors of all the ancient versions, Jerome as well as the rest, read, "Great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifest in the flesh." Our English version makes it yet a little stronger. It reads, "Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh.""

Years Latin Greek

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Plato Philosopher

Greek

"I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows."

Greek Life And Death Departure

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Karl Marx Philosopher, Economist

Greek

"Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending."

Philosophy Tragedy Greek

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George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic

Greek

"If in the library of your house you do not have the works of the ancient Greek writers, then you live in a house with no light."

Light House Greek

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Greek

"Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best."

Dream Greek

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Aristotle Philosopher

Greek

"A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility."

Leadership Greek Coaching

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Oscar Wilde Writer

Greek

"Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to mediaevalism."

Facts Modern Greek

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Philosopher

Greek

"The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the German World knows that All are free. The first political form therefore which we observe in History, is Despotism, the second Democracy and Aristocracy, the third, Monarchy."

Political Freedom Greek

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Moliere Playwright, Actor

Greek

"A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book."

Book Greek Titles

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar

Greek

"To make Christianity a private affair while banishing all privacy is to relegate it to the rainbow's end or the Greek Calends."

Greek Rainbow Privacy

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Warren Buffett Investor, Businessman

Greek

"Read Ben Graham and Phil Fisher read annual reports, but don't do equations with Greek letters in them."

Investing Letters Greek

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William Kennedy Novelist

Greek

"Aspiring writers should read the entire canon of literature that precedes them, back to the Greeks, up to the current issue of The Paris Review."

Issues Paris Greek

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Virginia Woolf Novelist

Greek

"It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent."

Language Greek Useless

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Selwyn Hughes Author

Greek

"The greek word for temptation means to test, to try, to prove."

Mean Temptation Greek

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Socrates Philosopher

Greek

"The Delphic Oracle said I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because that I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing."

Wisdom Greek Oracles

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Socrates Philosopher

Greek

"To live well and honorably and justly are the same thing."

Life Wisdom Greek

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Socrates Philosopher

Greek

"One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom."

People Greek Source

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