To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit... — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
though the outside of human life changes much, the inside changes little, and the lesson-book we cannot graduate from is human experience. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
He was there beside her, yet she was far away from him, aone with her outraged love and her ruined life. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
The temper of mind that sees tragedy in life has not for its opposite the temper that sees joy. The opposite pole… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
“He was there beside her; yet she was far away from him, alone with her outraged love and her ruined life.” — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit which… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that in us which can turn… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
“It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
“When conditions are such that life offers no earthly hope, somewhere somehow, men must find refuge. Then they fly from the terror… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
In every civilization, life grows easier. Men grow lazier in consequence. We have a picture of what happened to the individual Greek.… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Poetry and preaching do not go well together; when the preacher mounts the pulpit the poet usually goes away. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share
Ages of faith and of unbelief are always said to mark the course of history. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share
None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share
Myths are early science, the result of men's first trying to explain what they saw around them. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share
“He drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek and make Hell grant what Love did seek. ” — Edith Hamilton Copy Share
Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share
It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share
When we speak of beauty, we're speaking of something we're more or less indifferent to. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share
Love, however, cannot be forbidden. The more that flame is covered up, the hotter it burns. Also love can always find a way. It… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share
The Old Testament is the record of men's conviction that God speaks directly to men. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share
