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09/11/12 10:50 PM

#184629 RE: fuagf #184583

Ancient Greece .. Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. - Archimedes

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. - Aristotle

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. - Aristotle

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. - Aristotle

Nature does nothing uselessly. - Aristotle The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. - Aristotle

Wit is educated insolence. - Aristotle

Well begun is half done. - Aristotle

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

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. - Epicurus

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. - Epicurus

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. - Plato

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato

Only the dead have seen the end of the war. - Plato

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. - Plato

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. - Plato

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. - Plutarch

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. - Plutarch

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

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. - Socrates

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. - Socrates

Wisdom begins in wonder. - Socrates

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

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

Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor. - Euripides

Wisdom outweighs any wealth. - Sophocles

Success is dependent on effort. - Sophocles

http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Quotes/

They didn't have everything right .. who does? Teabaggers/R&Rites think they have yet won't provide their details of
health and tax 'reforms', or even past years tax records .. the ancient Greeks sure had some good thinkers though.