Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... τὴν πόλιν ἀπέβαλες , οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ παρέλαβον . ( Very true ; for if you had not lost the city , I could never have recaptured it ) . FABIUS MAXIMUS ( 275-202 B.C. ) -to Marcus Livius , who had been in command of Tarentum when Hannibal ...
... τὴν πόλιν ἀπέβαλες , οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ παρέλαβον . ( Very true ; for if you had not lost the city , I could never have recaptured it ) . FABIUS MAXIMUS ( 275-202 B.C. ) -to Marcus Livius , who had been in command of Tarentum when Hannibal ...
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... τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας αἰσχύνην . ( My good fellow , old age is quite ugly enough without your adding the deformity of wickedness to it ) . CATO MAJOR ( 234-149 B.C . ) — to an old man who was acting wrongly ( Plutarch , Lives : Cato Major ...
... τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας αἰσχύνην . ( My good fellow , old age is quite ugly enough without your adding the deformity of wickedness to it ) . CATO MAJOR ( 234-149 B.C . ) — to an old man who was acting wrongly ( Plutarch , Lives : Cato Major ...
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... τὴν γῆν . ( Give me a standpoint , and I can move the earth ) . ARCHIMEDES ( c . 287-212 B.C. ) referring to the immense power of the lever . ( Pappus Alexandrinus , Collectio lib . viii . , 11 , Prop . 10 ) . Another version of ...
... τὴν γῆν . ( Give me a standpoint , and I can move the earth ) . ARCHIMEDES ( c . 287-212 B.C. ) referring to the immense power of the lever . ( Pappus Alexandrinus , Collectio lib . viii . , 11 , Prop . 10 ) . Another version of ...
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... of Macedon , that no city was impregnable so long as it could be entered by an ass laden with gold . ) Cicero , Ad Atticum , i , 16 , 12 ) . Often referred to as " Philip's Ass . ' Εμὲ Δημοσθένης , ἡ ἧς τὴν ̓Αθηνῶν . ( To 212 GREEK SAYINGS.
... of Macedon , that no city was impregnable so long as it could be entered by an ass laden with gold . ) Cicero , Ad Atticum , i , 16 , 12 ) . Often referred to as " Philip's Ass . ' Εμὲ Δημοσθένης , ἡ ἧς τὴν ̓Αθηνῶν . ( To 212 GREEK SAYINGS.
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... τὴν ̓Αθηνῶν . ( To compare Demosthenes with me is like comparing a sow with Minerva ) . DEMADES ( d . 318 B.C. ) an opponent of Demosthenes.— ( Plutarch , Lives : Demosthenes , xi ) . Ἐμοῦ δὲ ἐρωτῶν βούλομαι μᾶλλον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους , διὰ ...
... τὴν ̓Αθηνῶν . ( To compare Demosthenes with me is like comparing a sow with Minerva ) . DEMADES ( d . 318 B.C. ) an opponent of Demosthenes.— ( Plutarch , Lives : Demosthenes , xi ) . Ἐμοῦ δὲ ἐρωτῶν βούλομαι μᾶλλον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους , διὰ ...
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