Famous quotes containing the words century and/or athens:
“Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)