Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... τοὺς μὲν καλοὺς εὐπρεπεστέρους ὁρᾶσθαι ποιεῖ , τοὺς dè aioxpoùs φοβερωτέρους . ( The hair makes the handsome look more comely , and the ugly more frightful . ) — Plutarch , Lysander I. LYCURGUS ( A. c . 850 B.C. ) Quand la justice a ...
... τοὺς μὲν καλοὺς εὐπρεπεστέρους ὁρᾶσθαι ποιεῖ , τοὺς dè aioxpoùs φοβερωτέρους . ( The hair makes the handsome look more comely , and the ugly more frightful . ) — Plutarch , Lysander I. LYCURGUS ( A. c . 850 B.C. ) Quand la justice a ...
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... τοὺς véovs maideveis ; ( Do you , you who are able to correct Homer , teach children to read ? Why do you not employ your time in instructing men ? ) ALCIBIADES ( 450-404 B.C . ) — to a schoolmaster who said he had a copy of Homer ...
... τοὺς véovs maideveis ; ( Do you , you who are able to correct Homer , teach children to read ? Why do you not employ your time in instructing men ? ) ALCIBIADES ( 450-404 B.C . ) — to a schoolmaster who said he had a copy of Homer ...
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... τοὺς ἀνθρώπους , διὰ τί ἀνδριὰς οὐ κεῖται Κάτωνος ἢ διὰ τί κεῖται . I would much rather that men should ask why I have no statue than why I have one ) . CATO MAJOR ( 234-149 B.C . ) — ( Plutarch , Apophthegmata Catonis , 10 ; Lives ...
... τοὺς ἀνθρώπους , διὰ τί ἀνδριὰς οὐ κεῖται Κάτωνος ἢ διὰ τί κεῖται . I would much rather that men should ask why I have no statue than why I have one ) . CATO MAJOR ( 234-149 B.C . ) — ( Plutarch , Apophthegmata Catonis , 10 ; Lives ...
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... τοὺς πολίτας πειθαρ χικοὺς γεγονότας . ( Nay , rather in her citizens knowing how to obey ) . KING THEOPOMPUS ( fl . 770-724 B.C . ) - in reply to the remark that Sparta's safety lay in her kings knowing how to rule . ( Plutarch , Lives ...
... τοὺς πολίτας πειθαρ χικοὺς γεγονότας . ( Nay , rather in her citizens knowing how to obey ) . KING THEOPOMPUS ( fl . 770-724 B.C . ) - in reply to the remark that Sparta's safety lay in her kings knowing how to rule . ( Plutarch , Lives ...
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... τοὺς ' Aonválovs . ( Yes , indeed , I am considering whether I can shorten the speech which I am about to deliver to ... Τοὺς μὲν νέους μηδέποτε , τοὺς δὲ πρεσβυτέρους μηδεπώποτε . • Οὐ τοιαῦτά μοι ὁ λασανοφόρος σύνοιδεν . ( The GREEK ...
... τοὺς ' Aonválovs . ( Yes , indeed , I am considering whether I can shorten the speech which I am about to deliver to ... Τοὺς μὲν νέους μηδέποτε , τοὺς δὲ πρεσβυτέρους μηδεπώποτε . • Οὐ τοιαῦτά μοι ὁ λασανοφόρος σύνοιδεν . ( The GREEK ...
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