Famous quotes containing the words greeks and/or defeat:
“The Greeks used to say, he said bitterly, using a phrase that had been a long time on his mind, that when a man became a slave, on the first day he lost one-half of his virtue.”
—John Dos Passos (18961970)
“And, Better defeat almost,
If seen clear,
Than lifes victories of doubt
That need endless talk-talk
To make them out.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)