#greek

Well, as I said, you know the issue of Greek debt, they've grasped the principle of debt reduction. I think most people would argue that probably more needs to be done on that front, and they've just begun to take the first steps to accepting that there's going to have to be much closer economic integration in Europe. ↗

— Vince Cable

#argue #begun #closer #debt #done

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. ↗

— Diogenes

#am #citizen #greek #i #i am

I thought of Pericles' speech to the families of the Athenian war dead, in which he said, "What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. ↗

— Eric Greitens

#navy-seals #pericles #education

To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#clothing #greeks #humor #soul #wilde

In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength. ↗

— Ovid

#classics #greek #humans #intelligence #metamorphoses

Call no man happy until he is dead. ↗

— Solon

#happiness #history #philosophy #the-good-life #life

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things. ↗

— Homer

#greek-gods #life-lessons #the-odyssey #life

I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had. ↗

— Eric Bana

#greek mythology #had #i #i wish #mythology

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it. ↗

— John Eaton

#drama #greek #intent #know #modern

If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part. ↗

— John Eaton

#greek #i #i think #important #look