Quotes by greek authors

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. Epictetus

Freedom Controlling Procured Full Enjoyment Desire Desired

Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes. Euripides

Man Eyes Sunshine Danger Gleam Like Brave

Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it. Heraclitus

Ignorance Hide Will Wine Our Soon Reveals Evening

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this. Homer

Heart Worse Thou Known Still Than

Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all. Hypatia

Better Think Wrongly Than Your Even Reserve Right

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels. Nikos Kazantzakis

Travel Country Every Perfect He Always Where Creates Traveler Travels

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. Plato

Virtuous Those Seeking Most Content Without Being Themselves Who Appear

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself. Plato

Mind Thinking Talking Itself

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. Plato

First Other Tyrant He Protector Springs Which Root Appears

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought. Pythagoras

Words Thought Those Most Yes Which Shortest Require Oldest

Old age and the passage of time teach all things. Sophocles

Time Age Old Old Age All Things Passage Teach Things

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception. Sophocles

Money Sweet Profit Deception Even

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them. Thucydides

Our Secure Favors Accepting Doing Friends Them

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard. Aeschylus

God Man Tries Hand Lends Hard Who Helping Helping Hand

Any excuse will serve a tyrant. Aesop

Will Tyrant Excuse Any Serve

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. Aristotle

Mom Own Fathers Fonder More Because Mothers Than Children Certain

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. Diogenes

Good Philosophers Greatest Dogs Get Fewest Rewards

The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere. Empedocles

God Nature Circle Everywhere Circumference Center Which Nowhere

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please. Epictetus

Please Pleasures Bounds Greatest Cease Moderation

God has entrusted me with myself. Epictetus

God Myself Me Entrusted