[A]s Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions.
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Pulvis et umbra sumus. ()
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Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a commercial for sour cream potato chips and rush out to buy, but now they call this free will. At least the ancient Greeks were being honest.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
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If being is many, it must be both like and unlike, and this is impossible, for neither can the like be unlike, nor the unlike like
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Mega biblion, mega kakon (Big book, big evil)
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Perses, hear me out on justice, and take what I have to say to heart; cease thinking of violence. For the son of Kronos, Zeus, has ordained this law to men: that fishes and wild beasts and winged birds should devour one another, since there is no justice in them; but to mankind he gave justice which proves for the best.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.
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There are few things more mysterious than endings. I mean, for example, when did the Greek gods end, exactly? Was there a day when Zeus waved magisterially down from Olympus and Aphrodite and her lover Ares, and her crippled husband Hephaestus ) I always felt sorry for him), and all the rest got rolled up like a worn-out carpet?
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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... When a woman has a husbandAnd you've got none, Why should she take advice from you?Even if you can quote Balzac and ShakespeareAnd all them other highfalutin' Greeks.
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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!
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The moving light, rejoicing in its strength, Sped from the pyre of pine, and urged its way, In golden glory, like some strange new sun..
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Soon all of you immortalsWill be as dead as we are! Come on then, what are you waiting for?Have you run out of thunderbolts?
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.. She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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The dank night is sweeping down from the skyand the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
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But the queen--too long she has suffered the pain of love, hour by hour nursing the wound with her lifeblood, consumed by the fire buried in her heart. [..]His looks, his words, they pierce her heart and cling--no peace, no rest for her body, love will give her none.
The signs of the old flame, I know them well.I pray that the earth gape deep enough to take me downor the almighty Father blast me with one bolt to the shades, the pale, glimmering shades in hell, the pit of night, before I dishonor you, my conscience, break your laws.
. And why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the seaand what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl..
.. And why the winter suns so rush to bate themselves in the seaand what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl..
She wore an A-line bridal gown with a V-shaped neckline while Apollo playing Bach's Air on the G string.
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As you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that your journey be a long one, filled with adventure, filled with discovery. Laestrygonians and Cyclopes, the angry Poseidon--do not fear them: you'll never find such things on your wayunless your sight is set high, unless a rareexcitement stirs your spirit and your body. The Laestrygonians and Cyclopes, the savage Poseidon--you won't meet themso long as you do not admit them to your soul, as long as your soul does not set them before you. Pray that your road is a long one. May there be many summer morningswhen with what pleasure, with what joy, you enter harbors never seen before. May you stop at Phoenician stations of trade to buy fine things, mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony, and voluptuous perfumes of every kind--buy as many voluptuous perfumes as you can. And may you go to many Egyptian citiesto learn and learn from those who know. Always keep Ithaca in your mind. You are destined to arrive there. But don't hurry your journey at all. Far better if it takes many years, and if you are old when you anchor at the island, rich with all you have gained on the way, not expecting that Ithaca will give you wealth. Ithaca has given you a beautiful journey. Without her you would never have set out. She has no more left to give you. And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not mocked you. As wise as you have become, so filled with experience, you will have understood what these Ithacas signify.
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Of a sudden he felt that fraternity life was the only way to exist at college. How could he have doubted? (126)
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