User:Kyriakos/Favourite Quotes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"I have only my sword, and that I gladly give for my country."
Quoted from Nikitaras, a leader in the Greek War of Independence.
"Look at the time Charon chose to take me, Now that the branches are flowering, Now that the earth sends forth grass."
Quoted from Athanasios Diakos, a leader in the Greek War of Independence as he was impaled on a spit by the Ottomans.
"Εγώ Γραικός γεννήθηκα, Γραικός θε να πεθάνω".
"I was born a Greek, I shall die a Greek".
Another quote from Athanasios Diakos, when he was given the offered to convert to Islam if he was spared.
