#greek

We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness. ↗

— Thucydides

#cultivate #greeks #loss #lovers #manliness

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it. ↗

— John Eaton

#drama #greek #intent #know #modern

If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part. ↗

— John Eaton

#greek #i #i think #important #look

The vast majority of Greeks accept the need for reform and want to keep our country inside the euro zone. ↗

— Evangelos Venizelos

#country #euro #greeks #inside #keep

Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek. ↗

— Edmund Waller

#greek #lasting #latin #marble #must

I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded. ↗

— Simone Weil

#becoming #cannot #catholic #centuries #christian

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people. ↗

— Robert Welch

#comes #democracy #government #greek #literally

Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside! ↗

— Morris West

#cage #drunk #ever #god #greeks

I would go to school and be American and then come home and be Greek. ↗

— Rita Wilson

#come #go #greek #home #i

The Greek side of me definitely loves a good meal, a lot of laughing, loud discussions. ↗

— Rita Wilson

#discussions #good #good meal #greek #laughing