Ancient 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 Mr. Trump is now their President

M We are all citizens of the World