Hellenism of the Macedonians - A collection of excerpt from scientific literature about ethnology and history of Hellenic Macedonia.
Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive - A non-profit organisation whose aims are to collect, preserve, organise and study printed and archival material of 19th and 20th century.
Greek Royal Family - The official website of the former Greek Royal family.
Greek Currency - Provides collectors with a list of Greek banknotes and coins from 1828 to present. With images.
The 4th Of August - Tribute to Ioannis Metaxas. Dedicated to the fascist general and statesman and his world view. Includes articles, pictures, and resources.
The Balkans in the Age of Nationalism - Twenty-five lectures on Modern Balkan History from the Michigan State University, edited by Steven W. Sowards, historian.
The Blight of Asia - Text of a book describing massacres of the Greek and Armenian population of Smyrna in 1922. Written by the American Consul at the time, George Horton.
The Drama of Kalavryta - A WWII tragedy. The execution of 500 inhabitants of the village of Kalavryta by the German occupation army.
Preservation of American Hellenic History - An umbrella website coordinating local organizations, and encouraging individuals, for the preservation of American Hellenic history.
Memories from Smyrna, 1918 - 1922 - A memorial site of the destruction of the city. Rare pictures of the Greek Airforce of the time, the architecture of the city and lyrics of traditional songs.
Greek History In Brief - Synopsis of the history of the Greeks, from antiquity to the 20th century, with links to numerous other country data.
History of the Greek Community of Alexandria, Egypt - Founded in 1843 it had more than 150000 members. This site presents their historical influence, their writings, teachings and their influence on the society of Egypt and Greece.
Hellinomnimon - Digital library of Greek philosophical and scientific books and manuscripts (1600-1821) from the Department of History of the University of Athens.
Greek History Forums - Post or read historical topics ranging from ancient to modern times.
Pontian-Greek History - A synopsis by Dr. Konstantinos Fotiadis, professor of History at the Aristotelian University of Salonica.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
-- Semisonic, Closing Time There is no one so bound to his own face that he does not cherish the hope of presenting another
to the world.
-- Antonio Machado University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
-- Henry Kissinger "The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." (Herbert Spencer) Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on!
-- Rory Bremner History This is the fourth?
-- Thomas Jefferson, dying words Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
-- Josephus Daniels A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.
-- Martin H. Fischer History
Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a
holding pattern over Philadelphia.
-- Judith Viorst "All grown-ups were once children, though few of them remember it." (Antoine de Saint Exupéry) I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!
-- Woody Allen "Learn from the mistakes of others--you can never live long enough to make them all yourself." (John Luther) I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over
them on long winter evenings.
-- Humphrey Bogart to Lauren Bacall, in "The Big Sleep" History "A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men." (Saadi) blah bl "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning, but without understanding." (Louis Brandeis) The covers of this book are too far apart.
-- Ambrose Bierce History
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday
afternoon.
-- Susan Ertz "A true friend stabs you in the front." (Oscar Wilde) Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-- Patricia Sampson Tauzin backs term limits -- But he thinks it's a bad idea.
-- Headline, story in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Feb 20, 1995 Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
Sir Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944) History It is a product of Einstein's genius -- taking a commonplace observation, combining it with some
simple imaginary experiments, and arriving at a revolutionary conclusion.
-- Clifford M. Wills, 1986 Even a band of angels can turn ugly and start looting if enough angels are unemployed and
hanging around the Pearly Gates convinced that all the succubi own all the liquor stores in
Heaven.
-- P. J "Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) History
"As is our confidence, so is our capacity." (William Hazlitt) A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The
rest is trust.
-- Nanette Newman, British actress "A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery." (James Joyce) It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts.
- G. B. Burgin He who has a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.
- Friedrich Nietzsche History "The concerned investment banker is the one who blows the horn on his Mercedes as he drives through a red light." (Anonymous) It is a known fact that men are practical, hardheaded realists, in contrast to women, who are
romantic dreamers and actually believe that estrogenic skin cream must do something or they
couldn't cha The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.
-- Winston Churchill History
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is
the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
-- Crow Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
-- Hector Louis Berlioz A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.
-- Christopher Morley Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and around the hands and feet of the man. By working faithfully eight hours a day, you might eventually get to be a boss and work twelve
hours a day.
-- ROBERT FROST History I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
-- Nancy Mitford "No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, g In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.
-- Gamaliel Bradford History
"The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up." (John Lennon) To decide, to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of
your life.
-- Abbie M. Dale "Self-confidence is the first requisite for achieving great things." (Samuel Johnson) We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from
ourselves.
-- Tom Robbins "Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational." (Charles Schultz) History In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar--a practice which is still continued.
-- Helen Rowland The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
-- Albert Einstein "The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only th History
Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to
be perfectly deaf.
-- Oscar Wilde I drink no more than a sponge.
-- Francis Rabelais, Works. Book i. Chap. v. Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take
what I have to give.
-- Cass Daley Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the
second, "For my best friend."
-- Anonymous He would make a lovely corpse.
- Charles Dickens History "Any existence deprived of freedom is a kind of death." (General Michel Aoun) Jake liked his women the way he liked his kiwi fruit: sweet yet tart, firm-fleshed yet yielding to the
touch, and covered with short brown fuzzy hair.
-- Jonathan S. Haas First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
- Mahatma Gandhi History
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.
-- George Bernard Shaw "Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil) If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.
-- Wilfred Sheed The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because
generally they are the same people.
-- G. K. Chesterton You can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be
sacrificed to expediency.
-- W. Somerset Maugham History A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
- John D. Rockefeller If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
-- George S. Patton, Jr. I don't think I'll get married again. I'll just find a woman I don't like and give her a house.
-- Lewis Grizzard History
"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury." (Groucho Marx) We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution,
of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always
be If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the
bureaucracy won't.
-- Hyman Rickover I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can
write better.
- A. J. Liebling Anything is possible, but only a few things actually happen.
-- Richard Rosen History My opinions are my wife's, and she says I'm lucky to have them. Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
- Oscar Wilde The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
- Von Clausewitz History
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
-- Proverbs 23:7 May the road rise to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm
upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields and, until we meet again, may God hold you in
the palm Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes In the early sixties, we were strong, we were virulent...
-- John Connally, Secretary of Treasury under Richard Nixon, in an early 70s speech, as reported
in a contemporary "American Scholar" When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
-- Clarence Darrow History Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true.
-- Anon. I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with
typewriters.
- Frank Lloyd Wright If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
-- Johnny Carson History
"Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice." (Andreas Capellanus) What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make other peoples'
decisions for them?
-- Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is
something everybody believes, except the person who made it.
-- Albert Einstein, attributed He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.
-- John Stuart Mill Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three categories-- those that don't work, those
that break down, and those that get lost.
-- Russell Baker History "In every gathering of thirteen, expect one guest will turn out to be a Judas." (Aleister Crowley) The man with the best job in the country is the Vice President. All he has to do is get up every
morning and say, "How's the President?"
-- Will Rogers I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein History
