“It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught… — 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
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 Image
The Old Testament is the record of men's conviction that God speaks directly to men. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
