I came to the Greeks early, and I found answers in them. Greece's great men let all their acts turn on the immortality of the soul. We don't really act as if we believed in the soul's immortality and that's why we are where we are today.
Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters. - Edith Hamilton
Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.
- Edith Hamilton
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 p… - Edith Hamilton
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 p…
To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit. - Edith Hamilton
To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit.
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. - Edith Hamilton
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.
Pain is the most individualized thing on earth. It is true that it is the great common bond as well, but that realization only comes when it is over.… - Edith Hamilton
Pain is the most individualized thing on earth. It is true that it is the great common bond as well, but that realization only comes when it is over.…
Love cannot live where there is no trust. - Edith Hamilton
Love cannot live where there is no trust.
Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active. - Edith Hamilton
Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat. - Edith Hamilton
The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.
The heterodoxy of one generation is the orthodoxy of the next. - Edith Hamilton
The heterodoxy of one generation is the orthodoxy of the next.
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