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Edith Hamilton quotes: The wise are doubtful,' Socrates returned, 'and I should not be singular if I too doubted. The wise are doubtful,' Socrates returned, 'and I should not be singular if I too doubted.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two. Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Tell one your thoughts, but beware of two. All know what is known to three Tell one your thoughts, but beware of two. All know what is known to three
Edith Hamilton quotes: A word is no light matter. Words have with truth been called fossil poetry, each, that is, a symbol of a creative thought. A word is no light matter. Words have with truth been called fossil poetry, each, that is, a symbol of a creative thought.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The suffering of a soul that can suffer greatly that and only that, is tragedy. The suffering of a soul that can suffer greatly
that and only that, is tragedy.
Edith Hamilton quotes: It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work. It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The Greeks were realists. They saw the beauty of common things and were content with it. The Greeks were realists. They saw the beauty of common things and were content with it.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Sooner or later, if the activity of the mind is restricted anywhere it will cease to function even where it is allowed to be free. Sooner or later, if the activity of the mind is restricted anywhere it will cease to function even where it is allowed to be free.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Love cannot live where there is no trust. Love cannot live where there is no trust.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Convention, so often a mask for injustice ... Convention, so often a mask for injustice ...
Edith Hamilton quotes: The comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique. The comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters. Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom. Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Noble self-restraint must have something to restrain. Noble self-restraint must have something to restrain.
Edith Hamilton quotes: He was there beside her; yet she was far away from him, alone with her outraged love and her ruined life. He was there beside her; yet she was far away from him, alone with her outraged love and her ruined life.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Christ must be rediscovered perpetually. Christ must be rediscovered perpetually.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Saint Paul said the invisible must be understood by the visible. That was not a Hebrew idea, it was Greek. Saint Paul said the invisible must be understood by the visible. That was not a Hebrew idea, it was Greek.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Though the outside of human life changes much, the inside changes little. Though the outside of human life changes much, the inside changes little.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat. The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Euripides questioned everything. He was a misanthrope who preferred books to men. Euripides questioned everything. He was a misanthrope who preferred books to men.
Edith Hamilton quotes: It is by our power to suffer, above all, that we are of more value than the sparrows. It is by our power to suffer, above all, that we are of more value than the sparrows.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The modern mind is never popular in its own day. People hate being made to think. The modern mind is never popular in its own day. People hate being made to think.
Edith Hamilton quotes: It is the men of this land who are bloodthirsty and they lay their own guilt on the gods. It is the men of this land who are bloodthirsty and they lay their own guilt on the gods.
Edith Hamilton quotes: [W]hat is ugly and evil is apt to change and grow milder with time. [W]hat is ugly and evil is apt to change and grow milder with time.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom) Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom)
Edith Hamilton quotes: He drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek and make Hell grant what Love did seek. He drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek and make Hell grant what Love did seek.
Edith Hamilton quotes: There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than the plays they go to see. There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than the plays they go to see.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The author determines that the bitterest struggles are for one side of the truth to the suppression of the other side. The author determines that the bitterest struggles are for one side of the truth to the suppression of the other side.
Edith Hamilton quotes: None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught. None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Genius moves to creation, not to destruction. Only a very few have combined both. Genius moves to creation, not to destruction. Only a very few have combined both.
Edith Hamilton quotes: There is no dignity like the dignity of a soul in agony. There is no dignity like the dignity of a soul in agony.
Edith Hamilton quotes: A tendency to exaggeration was a Roman trait. A tendency to exaggeration was a Roman trait.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Ages of faith and of unbelief are always said to mark the course of history. Ages of faith and of unbelief are always said to mark the course of history.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Tragedy cannot take place around a type. Suffering is the most individualizing thing on earth. Tragedy cannot take place around a type. Suffering is the most individualizing thing on earth.
Edith Hamilton quotes: When faith is supported by facts or by logic it ceases to be faith. When faith is supported by facts or by logic it ceases to be faith.
Edith Hamilton quotes: For all men serve him of their own free will. And he whom Love touches not walks in darkness. For all men serve him of their own free will. And he whom Love touches not walks in darkness.
Edith Hamilton quotes: An ancient writer says of Homer that he touched nothing without somehow honoring and glorifying it. An ancient writer says of Homer that he touched nothing without somehow honoring and glorifying it.
Edith Hamilton quotes: When we speak of beauty, we're speaking of something we're more or less indifferent to. When we speak of beauty, we're speaking of something we're more or less indifferent to.
Edith Hamilton quotes: To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit ... To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit ...
Edith Hamilton quotes: They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world. They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed. Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.
Edith Hamilton quotes: A magical universe was so terrifying because it was so irrational. There was no cause and effect anywhere. A magical universe was so terrifying because it was so irrational. There was no cause and effect anywhere.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind. The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind.
Edith Hamilton quotes: She was brave from excess of grief She was brave from excess of grief
Edith Hamilton quotes: Myths are early science, the result of men's first trying to explain what they saw around them. Myths are early science, the result of men's first trying to explain what they saw around them.
Edith Hamilton quotes: A man without fear cannot be a slave. A man without fear cannot be a slave.
Edith Hamilton quotes: To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Kiss me yet once again, the last, long kiss, Until I draw your soul within my lips And drink down all your love. Kiss me yet once again, the last, long kiss, Until I draw your soul within my lips And drink down all your love.
Edith Hamilton quotes: None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry. None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.
Edith Hamilton quotes: We hold there is no worse enemy to a state than he who keeps the law in his own hands. We hold there is no worse enemy to a state than he who keeps the law in his own hands.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active. Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge and frequently the result as well. Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge and frequently the result as well.
Edith Hamilton quotes: It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies. It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The Greek temple is the creation, par excellence, of mind and spirit in equilibrium. The Greek temple is the creation, par excellence, of mind and spirit in equilibrium.
Edith Hamilton quotes: In theology the conservative temper tends to formalism. In theology the conservative temper tends to formalism.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The Old Testament is the record of men's conviction that God speaks directly to men. The Old Testament is the record of men's conviction that God speaks directly to men.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The heterodoxy of one generation is the orthodoxy of the next. The heterodoxy of one generation is the orthodoxy of the next.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Poetry and preaching do not go well together; when the preacher mounts the pulpit the poet usually goes away. Poetry and preaching do not go well together; when the preacher mounts the pulpit the poet usually goes away.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Very few great artists feel the giant agony of the world. Very few great artists feel the giant agony of the world.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.
Edith Hamilton quotes: All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the planet All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the planet
Edith Hamilton quotes: I take courage," Aeneas said. "Here too there are tears for things, and hearts are touched by the fate of all that is mortal. I take courage," Aeneas said. "Here too there are tears for things, and hearts are touched by the fate of all that is mortal.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The Greeks not only face facts. They have no desire to escape from them. The Greeks not only face facts. They have no desire to escape from them.
Edith Hamilton quotes: ..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton ..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton quotes: Besides Zeus on his throne, Justice has her seat. Besides Zeus on his throne, Justice has her seat.
Edith Hamilton quotes: The mind knows only what lies near the heart. The mind knows only what lies near the heart.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Convention (is) so often a mask for injustice. Convention (is) so often a mask for injustice.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Liberty depends on self-restraint. Freedom is freedom only when controlled and limited. Liberty depends on self-restraint. Freedom is freedom only when controlled and limited.
Edith Hamilton quotes: Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within. Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
Edith Hamilton quotes: When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos. When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

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