Sparta Quotes
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The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches.
Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, "Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta."
The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he, "but every goose can."
Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.
A Spartan woman, as she handed her son his shield, exhorted him saying, "As a warrior of Sparta come back with your shield or on it."
We have the ability to be the Athens of modern times as opposed to the militaristic Sparta. I remind you that the Athenians wrote poetry. The Spartans did not.
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Probably the hardest thing to do was the beginning of the movie ["300"], I think, when we were in Sparta and all that - just getting in the groove.
What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
Julian was the son of Diokles of Sparta, also known as Diokles the Butcher. That man made the Marquis de Sade look like Ronald McDonald. (Ben)
We are on the path toward becoming the Sparta of the 21st century, armed to the teeth and without the capacity to care for our own people.
In this way, the Spartans erected a moral barrier between themselves and the helots to justify their harsh treatment of fellow Greeks. For all these reasons, the helots hated the Spartans bitterly.
Stay with me?” His fingers wound into my hair, and his arm tightened around me. “Always.
Perhaps Zeus was king, but I was Spartan, a princess twice over, and queen of Athens besides. I knew my duty. And I would rule my own fate.
Keep the guests company, and mind your asses! Stay out of the hall before my chamber!
A fiery little cat you are, Caecelia. Like a lioness in heat, oh how you bloom.
