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I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora. — George Papandreou

He is the richest who is content with the least. — Socrates

There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice. — Bo Bennett

You don't come to see a Greek play and not want blood and gore and depth of feeling from your boots up. — Ruth Negga

The visible aspect of modern life disturbs him not; rather is it for him to render eternal all that is beautiful in Greek, Italian, and Celtic legend. — Oscar Wilde

Call no man happy until he is dead. — Solon

The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world's curriculum does not include Latin and Greek. — E. V. Lucas

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. — Simonides

Greek tragedy was pre-Freudian, so every emotion has to be so raw; there are no psychological undertones. — Lydia Leonard

Flirting with random women in a tavern? That sounds like Helios. Well, it sounds like most of the gods, actually. — Rick Riordan

Artists, like the Greek gods, are only revealed to one another. — Oscar Wilde

We read Greek and Norse mythology until it came out of our ears. And the Bible. — Penelope Lively

That is a very good question. I don't know the answer. But can you tell me the name of a classical Greek shoemaker? — Arthur Miller

Mankind became hysterical in the Middle Ages because it poorly repressed the sexual impressions of its Greek boyhood. — Karl Kraus

Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks. — Taylor Schilling

You can be a German, you can be a Greek or a Spanish or a Japanese etc, but your true nation is the whole humanity! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The Greek poets had praised virtue as taking several specific forms: wisdom; courage; moderation; justice; and piety. — Melissa Lane

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required. — W. H. Auden

He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that...victory deserved the best-looking armour. — Xenophon

Happy endings are best achieved by keeping the right doors locked — Margaret Atwood

The Zoe is the book you've been writing in. It means "life" in Greek. — Nicole Gulla

I sort of fell."
"Percy! Six hundred and thirty feet? — Rick Riordan

For the first few months I went round in a linguistic fog. Often I only realized what someone had said minutes or even days or weeks afterwards. — John Mole

Gods are cold. War, killing, and stabbing each other in the back is really what we do best. — Kendare Blake

Almost everything that men have said best has been said in Greek. — Rabih Alameddine

Mortal fate is hard. You'd best get used to it. — Euripides

I think American drama is at its best when it takes the domestic and makes it epic, like a Greek tragedy in the front room. — Anne-Marie Duff

Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves. — Melina Mercouri

In Classical Greek the word pathos was the same for both suffering and experience. Those Greeks knew a good joke when they heard one. — Peter Straub

The original ancient Greek meaning of the word planet was simply wanderer, — Mike Brown

Hi, this is Ganymede, cup-bearer to Zeus, and when I'm out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up! — Rick Riordan

Life isn't fair, but death is."--Hades in The Gatekeeper's Saga — Eva Pohler

She was a living reverie for me: the mere sight of her sparked an almost infinite range of fantasy, from Greek to Gothic, from vulgar to divine. — Anonymous

A guy in Greek armor drew his sword and charged, but slipped in a puddle of pina colada. — Rick Riordan

Every hero is scared. That-s what being brave is about - confronting fear. — Nely Cab

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, — Virgil

Mega biblion, mega kakon (Big book, big evil) — Callimachus

The Egyptian word Pir-em-us meant to them something of great vertical height. From this the Greek form Pyramis, or the plural Pyramides was formed. — H. Spencer Lewis

Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.) — Horace

I always tried to learn Greek, but all I got out of it was, "poulaki mou." ["My little chicken."] — Augusten Burroughs

neither for me honey nor the honey bee — Sappho

My whore of a brother has done it again." "Then, as always, orders me to clean up the mess." "I think I hate him." Poseidon to his brother, Zeus. — Yelle Hughes

That is - your friend?"
"Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved. — Madeline Miller

Proverbs were bright shafts in the Greek and Latin quivers ... — Isaac D'Israeli

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. — Lord Acton

In childbirth grief begins. — Euripides

Great poetry, whether written in Greek or in English, needs no other interpreter than a responsive heart. — Helen Keller