“Let those who feel the heavy brazen hand of fear bear slavery: freedom needs virtue, needs daring. She (for myth may veil the spirit of truth) lent wings to Icarus – and though he fell, and his wings drowned beneath the waves, he fell from great heights and still died free. Should you die like a sheep, dishonored, at the hands of a tyrant, your grave will be an abomination.”
Quotes by Andreas Kalvos
“Θέλει αρετήν και τόλμην η ελευθερία”
Andreas KalvosAndreas Kalvos was a prominent Greek poet of the Romantic era, known for his contributions to the Heptanese School of literature. Born in 1792, he published five significant volumes of poetry and dram...