I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness...whereto all kindreds of the earth will pilgrim.
I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness...whereto all kindre… - Themistocles
I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness...whereto all kindre…
- Themistocles
Strike, if you will, but listen. - Themistocles
Strike, if you will, but listen.
May I never sit on a tribunal where my friends shall not find more favor from me than strangers. - Themistocles
May I never sit on a tribunal where my friends shall not find more favor from me than strangers.
I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man. - Themistocles
I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.
He who commands the sea has command of everything. - Themistocles
He who commands the sea has command of everything.
The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you. - Themistocles
The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.
I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion. - Themistocles
I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.
I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city. - Themistocles
I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city.
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