"The easy way has never in the long……" — Edith Hamilton
"The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind."
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43 Quotes by Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton has 43 quotes on this site.
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So far, we do not seem appalled at the prospect of exactly the same kind of education being applied to…
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When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never…
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When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the…
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The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.
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Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.
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It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.
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Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables…
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There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate an incommunicable beauty. Yet,…
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Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace,…
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality…
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None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the…
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It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was…
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More Allegiance Quotes
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My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.
— Russell Banks
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To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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If you're honest with yourself, you're going to find out whether you truly love America, or whether your primary allegiance…
— Vincent Bugliosi
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You only trust those who are absolutely like yourself, those who have signed a pledge of allegiance to this particular…
— Judith Butler
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I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West,…
— Henry Clay
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When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully…
— David Petraeus
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You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance.…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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What we hold sacred is honor, justice, and glory. You need not swear allegiance to our storm god, to serve…
— Janet Morris
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Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and…
— James Bryce
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I wouldn't pick a judge who said that the Pledge of Allegiance couldn't be said in a school because it…
— George W. Bush
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Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be…
— Janet Morris
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
— Seneca the Younger
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