All Quotes
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.Hippocrates, Decorum
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.Hippocrates, Regimen in Health
Many admire, few know.Hippocrates, Regimen
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.Hippocrates, Regimen
We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.Thucydides, Peloponnesian War
You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.Aristophanes, Knights, 424 B.C.
This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought
Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land
Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.
Let each man exercise the art he knows.Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.
Under every stone lurks a politician.Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 410 B.C.
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master,
At which the audience never fail to laugh?Aristophanes, Frogs, 405 B.C.