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Ianus Lascaris Quotes

1445–1535 Greece

Ianus Lascaris or Janus Lascaris (1445–1535) was a Greek scholar in the Renaissance. He was known for his transmission of Greek learning to the Latins after the Fall of Constantinople (1453).

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We derive the character of one man from the many, while you teach that you [Vergil] may know all from one.

If among almost all peoples it is a law that the greatest gratitude is owed to those by whom you are educated.

Whoever neglects Greek literature will entirely lack this means of help which your ancestors used to draw from the Greek source so as to learn, preserve, and amplify their literature.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ianus Lascaris (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.