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“One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.”
– Socrates
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” The donkey called the rooster big-headed.” – Proverb
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” The camel can’t see her own hump.”- Proverb
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“The tongue has no bones, but bones it crashes.”- Proverb
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“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
– Plato
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“It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.”
– Hippocrates
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“Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”
– Antisthenes
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“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.”
– Aristotle
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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
– Hippocrates.
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“Wine and children speak the truth.”- Proverb
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“Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, time.”
– Pericles
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“Life is short, the art long.”
– Hippocrates
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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
– Plato
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“One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.”
– Socrates
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“Nature does nothing uselessly.”
– Aristotle
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” The donkey called the rooster big-headed.”
– Proverb
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“Well begun is half done.”
– Aristotle
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” The camel can’t see her own hump.”
– Proverb
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“Wit is educated insolence.”
– Aristotle
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“The tongue has no bones, but bones it crushes.”
– Proverb
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“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
– Aristotle
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“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
– Plato
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“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”
– Epicurus
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“It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.”
– Hippocrates
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“At a touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.”
– Plato
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“Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”
– Antisthenes
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“Only the dead have seen the end of the war.”
– Plato
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“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.”
– Aristotle
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“In all things of nature, there is something of the marvellous.”
– Aristotle
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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
– Hippocrates.
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“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.”
– Sophocles
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“Wine and children speak the truth.”
– Proverb
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“Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.”
– Euripides
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“Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, time.”
– Pericles
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“Life is short, the art long.”
– Hippocrates
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“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”
– Archimedes
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“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”
– Aristotle
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“The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.”
– Epicurus
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“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
– Plato
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“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.”
– Euripides
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“Success is dependent on effort.”
– Sophocles
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“It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.”
– Epicurus
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- Country: Greece or the Hellenic Republic
- Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
- Capital: Athens
- Official languages: Greek
- Population 11.2 million
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“Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts and eloquence… ”
– John Milton
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