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650 Greek Quotes

May God forgive me, but the letters of the alphabet frighten me terribly. They are sly, shameless demons - and dangerous! You open the inkwell, release them; they run off - and how will you ever get control of them again!

Again Alphabet Control Dangerous
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All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't live them! D'you see?

Actually Mysteries Life Live
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Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.
Every Man Folly Greatest
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You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.
Brush Paint You Your
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We do not imitate, but are a model to others.

Imitate Model Others
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Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
Eat Fishes Great GreatOnes
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Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

Any Better Clearly Express
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Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Counselor Time Wisest
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The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible symbol woven into the stuff of other mens lives.

Abide Clay Earth Everywhere
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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
Alone Courage Defend Freedom
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Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.

Crave Gives Grave He
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For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

Earth Famous Memorial Men
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A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

About Glory Good Greatest
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Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.

Because Interest Just JustBecause
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What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

Behind Leave Lives Monuments
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Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.

Beautiful Does Extravagance Lead
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Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.

Again Cut Destroyed Easy
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We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

About Admit Ashamed Boast
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The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

Alike Before Bravest Clearest
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It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.

Disgrace Fail More New
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Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.

Action Capable Only People
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It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage.
Courage Endure Enemies Face
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All who have taken it upon themselves to rule over others have incurred hatred and unpopularity for a time; but if one has a great aim to pursue, this burden of envy must be accepted, and it is wise to accept it.

Accept Accepted Aim Burden
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Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.

Been Certainly Dangerous Empire
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That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw

Man Best Truth Good
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But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.

Thinks Learns Others Failure
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He's only harming himself who's bent upon harming another

Harming himself Another
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For a man can win nothing better than a good wife, and nothing more painful than a bad one.
Man can Win Good wife Painful than
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Never wade through the pretty ripples of perpetually flowing rivers, until you have looked at their lovely waters, and prayed to them, and washed your hands in the pale enchanting water.

Never wade Pretty ripples Flowing rivers
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Often a whole community together suffers in consequence of a bad man who does wrong and contrives evil

Whole community Bad man Wrong Contrives
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It is from work that men are rich in flocks and wealthy, and a working man is much dearer to the immortals

Work Men Rich Wealthy
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Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Giving Good Taking Bad
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False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.

False shame Poor Harms Greatly
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Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better

Wealth Seized God given
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Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.

Give birth Mischievous Children lives
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If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.

Little Soon Would become Big
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Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

Entire city Suffered Evil man
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Never make a companion equal to a brother.

Never make Companion Brother
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When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.

When you Deal Your brother Pleasant
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Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Acquisition Means life Mortals
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We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

Speak Many falsehoods Real things
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Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.

Fleeing marriage Sorrows Women
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It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

Best Do things Systematically Human
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Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.
Whoever Trusted Woman Deceivers
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Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace

Works Disgrace Idleness
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A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.

Bad neighbor Calamity Good Great advantage
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Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.
Happy Man Muses love Sweet speech
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Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

Bitterest Know So much Control over
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It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

Better Noble Risk Evils
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If a man insisted on always being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
Man insisted Being serious Relaxation Go mad
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