"Theories that go counter to the facts of……" — Edith Hamilton
"Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed."
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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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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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Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that…
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More Counter Quotes
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one of 410 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going…
— Alexis Arguello
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The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want…
— Eric Cantor
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Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere.
— Paulo Coelho
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But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces…
— John Abizaid
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Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What…
— Philip Kapleau
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War is an irrational, counter-productive way to handle conflicts.
— Unknown Author
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Putting together a counter- terrorism policy, it's very easy to look at law enforcement or defense, military action or stopping…
— Lee H. Hamilton
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I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull,…
— Lafcadio Hearn
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It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the…
— Leo Buscaglia
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Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that.…
— Grace Hopper
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What good does it do to sit at the counter when you cannot afford a hamburger?
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Deep down, all of us are probably aware that some kind of mystical evolution is our true task. Yet we…
— Tom Robbins
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