299 Quotes About Greek
- Author Stephanie Greenhalgh
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His eyes danced like a teenager. "Eat anyone alive today?" her father joked.Ruby returned his wicked grin and sauntered into the living room. "Not today, but tomorrow's another day.
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- Author Plutarch
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Demaratus, being asked in a troublesome manner by an importunate fellow, Who was the best man in Lacedaemon? answered at last, 'He, Sir, that is the least like you'.
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- Author E.O. Wilson
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Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings.
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- Author Aeschylus
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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- Author muse
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White IrisThe iris danced acrossthe ancient Grecian skiesgliding with her embossedsatiny milken sides ...
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- Author Aeschylus
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But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor.
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- Author Aeschylus
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Commander against commander, brother against brother, enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!
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- Author Alexander the Great
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Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions.[Addressing the dead Hellenes of the Battle of Chaeronea]
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- Author Anne Carson
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Desire is not simple. In Greek the act of love is a mingling and desire melts the limbs. Boundaries of body, category of thought, are confounded.
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