Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies." ~ RSTTL
Which philosopher and scientist (and tutor of Alexander the Great) is credited with these words of wisdom?
2. "At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." ~ PLT
Which Ancient Greek philospher and mathematician said this?
3. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." ~ SCRTS
There is a method to this man's wisdom... which philosopher said this?
4. "Wisdom outweighs any wealth." ~ SPHCLS
Which Ancient Greek tragedian, writer of "Elektra" and "Oedipus the King" said this?
5. "The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it." ~ PCRS
Which Ancient Greek philosopher, founder of his own school of philosphy, said these words?
6. "Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks." ~ PLTRCH
These are the words of which Greek historian, biographer, and essayist?
7. "Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head." ~ RPDS
What writer of tragedies, known for "Medea" and "Hippolytus", wrote these words?
8. "In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face." ~ DGNS
Which philosopher, known as 'the Cynic', said these words?
9. "Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still." ~ THLS
Which philospher, one of the Seven Sages of Greece, said these words?
10. "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." ~ RCHMDS
Which Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer is quoted here?
Source: Author
reedy
This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor
Tizzabelle before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.