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Article #2230Re: Non-NB:Greek quotation
From: Tony St Quintin
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 00:00
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I have just written: > I was in one of those v.embarrassing situations last night where one's > ignorance is made manifest... I thought you might be able to help. > > We are looking for a Greek quotation that translates along the lines of: > "I am a citizen neither of Athens nor of Greece but of the world." Of course it is even worse now as I have, mere seconds after hitting the "send" button, found: Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.--Plutarch: On Banishment. Which would seem to answer my question. Sorry about the bandwidth! t
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