Classical Literature Quotes

“And let Apollo drive Prince Hector back to battle,
breathe power back in his lungs, make him forget
the pain that racks his heart. Let him whip the Achaeans
in headlong panic rout and roll them back once more,
tumbling back on the oar-swept ships of Peleus' son Achilles.
And he, will launch his comrade Patroclus into action
and glorious Hector will cut him down with a spear
in front of Troy, once Patroclus has slaughtered
whole battalions of strong young fighting men
and among them all, my shining son Sarpedon.
But then - enraged for Patroclus -
brilliant Achilles will bring Prince Hector down.
And then, from that day on, I'll turn the tide of war:
back the fighting goes, no stopping it, ever.”
― Homer, The Iliad

“I want to tell you something but good taste
Restrains me”
― Sappho van Lesbos

“Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

“Though you might conquer in battle
A thousand times a thousand men,
You're the greatest battle-winner
If you conquer just one - yourself.”
― Dhammapada

“সাহিত্য চিরন্তন সত্যের বাহক, তার আবেদন ‘সত্তর’ আর ‘সতেরো’ দুজনের কাছেই সমান। একেই হয়তো ধ্রুপদী সাহিত্য বলা হয়।”
― Ashapurna Devi, আর এক আশাপূর্ণা

“Most artists wish to receive acclaim for a body of work that will withstand the test of time. Ancient Greece culture produced many works of fiction, history, mythology, drama, and philosophy that scholars consider timeless classics. The classics of Ancient Greece greatly influenced the development of Western Civilization.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“-"And you that sit by the fire are young, And true love waits for you; But the king and I grow old, grow old, And hate alone is true." - Ballad of the White Horse: Book III. The Harp of Alfred”
― G. K. Chesterton

“I do see Christ everywhere and in everything, as the One in Whom all things, including Western literature, consist. Shakespeare's plays are among the "all things" that Paul says are created "for Christ" (col. 1:16-17). If there is offense in taking Paul quite literally and pressing his global affirmation into crannies of the academy that would rather not hear from an apostle, it is an offense for which I cannot apologize. Pressing Paul's point is a straightforward and unavoidable demand of discipleship. (page 28)”
― Peter J. Leithart, Heroes of the City of Man: A Christian Guide to Select Ancient Literature, Christian History Literature Book on Reading Pagan Classics, Biblical Books

“I happened to pen literature, alas, in an utterly unliterary era.”
― B.S. Murthy

“I happened to pen some literature, alas, in an utterly unliterary era.”
― B.S. Murthy

“...for to understand the motives of others is surely the greatest gift one can have-and to understand is not to judge and to blame.”
― Victoria Holt Philippa Carr, The Landower Legacy