Quotes by greek authors

The end of labor is to gain leisure. Aristotle

Work End Labor Leisure Gain

Life must be lived as play. Plato

Life Must Lived Play

Hope is a waking dream. Aristotle

Hope Dream Waking

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. Socrates

Soul Words Evil Only False Themselves

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. Socrates

God Best Good Our General Blessings Knows Prayers Us Should

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. Socrates

Knowledge You Nothing True Know Knowing True Knowledge Exists

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Euripides

Friendship Worth Relatives Thousand Ten Friend Loyal Relatable

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. Aesop

Truth Liar Will He Speaks Even Believed

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. Sophocles

Life Mother Anchors Mother's Day Children Hold

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen. Anaxagoras

Unseen Glimpse Appearances

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. Socrates

Nature Wealth He Content Least Richest Who

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. Socrates

Death Blessings Greatest May Human

Plodding wins the race. Aesop

Wisdom Wins Race

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. Aeschylus

Great Grief Memory Joy Pain Present

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. Plato

Knowledge Ignorance Medium Between Opinion

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. Socrates

Knowledge You Nothing True Know True Knowledge Meaning Meaning Of

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. Sophocles

Wisdom Unsafe Quick Decisions

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. Aristotle

Democracy Degenerate Republics Decline

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating. Sophocles

Win Honor Cheating Would Fail Than Prefer Even

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. Socrates

Hate Come Deadliest Often Deepest Desires

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Plato

Education Music Soul Virtue Reach Sound Movement

Without labor nothing prospers. Sophocles

Nothing Prospers Without Labor