No facts, however indubitably detected, no effort of reason, however magnificently maintained, can prove that Bach's music is beautiful. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
There is a field where all wonderful perfections of microscope and telescope fail, all exquisite niceties of weights and measures, as well as that which is behind them, the keen and driving power of the mind. No facts however indubitably… — 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
