Lydian Greek Coins

Famous quotes containing the words lydian, greek and/or coins:

    “Lap me in soft Lydian airs,
    Married to immortal verse,
    Such as the meeting soul may pierce
    In notes with many a winding bout
    Of linked sweetness long drawn out,
    With wanton heed and giddy cunning,
    The melting voice through mazes running,
    Untwisting all the chains that tie
    The hidden soul of harmony;”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)

    “It is an elegant refinement that God learned Greek when he wanted to become a writer—and that he did not learn it better.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.”
    —François Rabelais (1494–1553)