“Every island has its own peculiarity of costume, and the student of dress may here find a rich field for his labours.”— James Theodore Bent
“In earliest Greece to thee, with partial choice, The grief-full Muse addrest her infant voice.”— William Collins
“The Greek people have shown the world that they will fight for their freedom.”— James Alward Van Fleet
“The modern Greek is a curious anomaly; he is a pagan in many of his superstitions, a Turk in many of his customs.”— James Theodore Bent
“The Greeks were the first intellectualists. In a world where the irrational had played the chief role, they came forward as the champions of the rational.”— Edith Hamilton
“Except the blind forces of Nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin.”— Henry James Sumner Maine
“If you decompose Greece, in the end you will be left with an olive tree, a vineyard, and a boat. Which means that with these items you can rebuild Greece.”— Odysseus Elytis
“Other countries may offer you discoveries in manners or lore or landscape; Greece offers you something harder - the discovery of yourself.”— Lawrence Durrell