"When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses……" — Edith Hamilton

"When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos."

— Edith Hamilton

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43 Quotes by Edith Hamilton

Edith Hamilton has 43 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

So far, we do not seem appalled at the prospect of exactly the same kind of education being applied to…
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never…
When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the…
The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.
Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.
It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.
Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables…
There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate an incommunicable beauty. Yet,…
Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace,…
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality…
None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the…
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 Chaos Quotes

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We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not… — Margaret Atwood
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. — Henry Adams
Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man. — Henry Adams
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance,… — Melody Beattie
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now. — Samuel Beckett
Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories. — Walter Benjamin
We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough? — Wendell Berry
The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. — Theodor Adorno
The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his… — Napoleon Bonaparte
A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be… — Robert Bork
I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home. — Christina Aguilera
I have spoken honestly about being born into a home where there was discord and chaos. I saw my mom… — Christina Aguilera

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