First Declension/ancient Greek

Famous quotes containing the words declension, ancient and/or greek:

    “And what if my descendants lose the flower
    Through natural declension of the soul,
    Through too much business with the passing hour,
    Through too much play, or marriage with a fool?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”
    —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

    “Here Greek and Roman find themselves
    Alive along these crowded shelves;
    And Shakespeare treads again his stage,
    And Chaucer paints anew his age.”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)