The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind.
The ancient priests had said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought."
The Greek said, "All things are to be examined and called into question.
There are no limits set on thought.
- Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) US educator
The half is greater than the whole.
- Hesiod 8th century BC, Greek Poet
Slight not what is near though aiming at what is far.
- Euripides (480-406 BC) - Greek Playwright
On desperate seas long wont to roam,
Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
Thy naiad airs have brought me home
To the glory that was Greece
And the grandeur that was Rome.
- Edgar Allan Poe, Helen
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
- Greek Proverb
The beginning is the half of every action
- Greek Proverb
He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has
not, but rejoices in what he has.
- Euripides (480-406 BC) - Greek Philosopher
The sins we often regret are the sins we never commit.
- C. Constantinides
Science and philosophy, in the history of states, reach their height
after decadence has set in; wisdom is a harbinger of death
-- Will Durant, The Life of Greece
The crossroads of trade are the meting place of idea, the attrition
ground of rival customs and belief; diversities beget conflict,
comparison, thought; superstition cancels one another, and reason begins
-- Will Durant, "The Life of Greece"
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