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Lines on ancient philosophy and modern Athens

This collection features quotes about Athens, from a musician recalling an obscure hometown start to a wish to have been an ancient philosopher there.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

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Nov 07, 2020

In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.

Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

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Nov 07, 2020

I would like to be a philosopher in ancient Athens and a poet in ancient China.

Quotes by Shan Sa

States
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't want the United States to be Athens on the Potomac.

Quotes by Rodney Frelinghuysen

Paradise
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Nov 07, 2020

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise.

Quotes by Robert South

Men
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Nov 07, 2020

As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century.

Quotes by Robert A. Dahl

First
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Nov 07, 2020

When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map.

Quotes by Michael Stipe

People
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Nov 07, 2020

People aren't familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew.

Quotes by Mark Zupan

Games
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Nov 07, 2020

The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens.

Quotes by Bill Toomey

You will also find a historical note on Athens' crowded poor houses beside grand public buildings, and a mention of Paralympic wheelchair sports coverage.

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