In every civilization, life grows easier. Men grow lazier in consequence. We have a picture of what happened to the individual Greek. (I cannot look at history, or at any human action, except as I look at the individual.) The… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. — 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 Image
When faith is supported by facts or by logic it ceases to be faith. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Ages of faith and of unbelief are always said to mark the course of history. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is educated. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Myths are early science, the result of men's first trying to explain what they saw around them. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
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 Image
“He drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek and make Hell grant what Love did seek. ” — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
When we speak of beauty, we're speaking of something we're more or less indifferent to. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
