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Edith Hamilton quotes

American Writer August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963

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The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat. Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton quote: "None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is..."
None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught. Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton quote: "To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is..."
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated. Edith Hamilton
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 no historical reconstruction can. Edith Hamilton
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. Edith Hamilton
The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying world, who will not leave us to walk undisturbed in the ways of our fathers. Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton quote: "Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict..."
Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within. Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton quote: "Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise..."
Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart. Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom) Edith Hamilton
Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth. Edith Hamilton
None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry. Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton quote: "All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the..."
All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the planet Edith Hamilton
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton quote: "The mind knows only what lies near the heart."
The mind knows only what lies near the heart. Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton quote: "It is by our power to suffer, above all, that we are of more..."
It is by our power to suffer, above all, that we are of more value than the sparrows. Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton quote: "Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active."
Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active. Edith Hamilton

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