Famous quotes containing the words greeks and/or defeat:
“We are only geometricians of matter; the Greeks were, first of all, geometricians in the apprenticeship to virtue.”
—Simone Weil (19091943)
“Mrs. Van Hopper: Most girls would give their eyes for a chance to see Monte.
Maxim de Winter: Wouldnt that rather defeat the purpose?”
—Robert E. Sherwood (18961955)