Quotes/Names Flashcards
“Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath”
Solon
“If you had any knowledge of the noble things of life, you would refrain from coveting others’ possessions…”
Leonidas
“For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men…”
Pericles
“A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.”
Socrates
“It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.”
Aristotle
“Holy shadows of the dead, I’m not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another…”
Alexander the Great
“Go, therefore, to meet the foe with two objects before you, either victory or death…”
Scipio Afranicus
“Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.”
Julius Caesar
“The whole race, which is now called Gallic or Galatic, is madly fond of war, high-spirited and quick to battle, but otherwise straightforward and not of evil character…”
Strabo
“The subject is one well worthy of our notice, seeing that in no year does India drain our empire of less than five hundred and fifty million of sesterces…”
Pliny the Elder
I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch the earth with my feet…”
Ptolemy
“For he who is Lord of all cannot endure that those blessings which, in his own loving-kindness and consideration of the wants of men he has revealed for the rise of all…”
Constantine the Great
“If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.”
St. Patrick
“God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.”
Saint Augustine
“As many of you were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus…”
Paul the Apostle
