Greek mythology quotes

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◆ According to Greek Mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms, 4 legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.

- 100

◆ We villians are a very select group indeed. In the very desperation of our hate rests our strength.

- Cyclops99

◆ They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.

- Aeschylus99

◆ Zeus split the man and woman apart, fearing it's power, but obligating the man and woman on an everlasting quest to find their counterpart.

- 99

◆ All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

- Socrates99

◆ Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

- Plato99

◆ Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy

- Aristotle99

◆ You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

- Epicurus99

◆ By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher

- Socrates99

◆ One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

- Socrates99

◆ I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

- Alexander The Great99

◆ The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

- Plutarch99

◆ Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

- Democritus99

◆ It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods.

- Martin Scorsese99

◆ I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.

- Brendan Fraser99