Latin And Greek Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero, John Heywood, Freeman Dyson, E. V. Lucas, Stephen Hawking, James Rollins and many others.
They condemn what they do not understand.
Hit the nail on the head.
I grew up in England and we spent most of the time on Latin and Greek and very little on science, and I think that was good because it meant we didn’t get turned off. It was… Science was something we did for fun and not because we had to.
The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world’s curriculum does not include Latin and Greek.
While there’s life, there is hope.
Festina lente. Make haste slowly.
English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings and then the French and then the Renaissance with all the Latin and Greek and Hebrew in the background.
A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories.
In 100 years we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in High School to teaching remedial English in college.
actions speak louder than words
The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.
A God in the hand is worth two in the bush.
While there’s life, there’s hope.
Times change, and we change with them.
