Greek Quotes

Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.

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

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

There is just one life for each of us: our own.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.

Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.