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Classical antiquity1 quote
Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft. — Pericles · 430 BCEarly Christianity1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220The Renaissance1 quote
Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts
And Eloquence. — John Milton · 1671