Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes

They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of themselves. I am reminded of the Greek clown who, having seen an archer bring down a flying bird, remarked, sagely: 'You might have saved your arrow, for the bird would anyway have been killed by the fall.'

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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• II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology.

  

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• Gangster movies are the inheritor of the Greek tragedy: it's the only genre where the audience will be disappointed if there's not a tragic ending.

  

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• Cupid draw back your bow and let your arrow go straight to my lover's heart for me, for me...Cupid please hear my cry and let your arrow fly straight to my lover's heart for me.

  

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• They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world.

  

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• To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit, which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction.

  

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• There is yet spirit in him, were it well directed- but, like the Greek fire, it burns whatever approaches it.

  

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• What's needed is patience and composure. The bank deposits of the Greek people are fully secure. The same applies to the payment of wage and pension - they are also guaranteed.

  

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• In a place like the Greek Theater in L.A., to try and create a close connection with the audience seems almost antithetical to the architecture of the building.

  

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• They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of themselves. I am reminded of the Greek clown who, having seen an archer bring down a flying bird, remarked, sagely: 'You might have saved your arrow, for the bird would anyway have been killed by the fall.'

  

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Greek
  • Killed
  • Reminded