Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Greek/Roman Sayings




Match the Greek and Roman sayings below with the appropriate letter. Blog your answers. 

~ Cicero (106 BCE–43 BCE), Roman author, orator, and politician
1 “Your very silence shows you agree.”
~ Euripides (484 BCE–406 BCE), Greek tragic dramatist
2“Young men’s minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.”
~ Homer (800 BCE–700 BCE), Greek epic poet
3 “To be loved, be lovable.”
~ Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE), Roman poet
4“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
~ Plato (427 BCE–347 BCE), Greek author and philosopher in Athens
5 “If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.”
~ Plato
6 “Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.”
~ Seneca (5 BCE–65 CE), Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician
7 “I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
~ Socrates (469 BCE–399 BCE), Greek philosopher in Athens
8 “Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.”
~ Sophocles (496 BCE–406 BCE), Greek tragic dramatist
9 “Carpe Diem”
10 “Et tu, Brute?”
11 “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.”
12 “Veni, vidi, vici.
13 “Quid pro quo

A- To be liked, be likeable
B- Working for the paycheque
C- Speak up if you disagree, let your voice be heard
D- Something for something
E- You too Brutus?
F- Age and wisdom is not choosing the shiny car, but  making decisions looking at the past and future
G- I came, I saw, I conquered
H- Equality isn't just having the same access to apply for jobs, it is also having the same training.
I- Seize the Day!!
J- How sweet it is to die for your country
K- Have fun, but don't be stupid
L- The U.S. has a very low voter turnout, and are now unhappy with their elected representatives
M- We are all citizens of the World

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