“ 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… Edith Hamilton
“ They yoked themselves to a car and drew her all the long way through dust and heat. Everyone admired their filial piety when they arrived and the proud and happy mother standing before the statue pray… Edith Hamilton
“ Moderately wise each one should be,Not overwise, for a wise man's heartIs seldom glad (Norse Wisdom) Edith Hamilton
“ When the freedom they wished for most was the freedom from responsibility then Athens ceased to be free and never was free again. Edith Hamilton
“ He was there beside her; yet she was far away from him, alone with her outraged love and her ruined life. 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
“ It may seem odd to say that the men who made the myths disliked the irrational and had a love for facts; but it is true, no matter how wildly fantastic some of the stories are... Edith Hamilton
“ An ancient writer says of Homer that he touched nothing without somehow honoring and glorifying it. Edith Hamilton
“ Liberty depends on self-restraint. Freedom is freedom only when controlled and limited. Edith Hamilton
“ The Greeks were realists. They saw the beauty of common things and were content with it. Edith Hamilton
“ To the Greeks, the word character first referred to the stamp upon a coin. By extension, man was the coin, and the character trait was the stamp imprinted upon him. To them, that trait, for example br… Edith Hamilton
“ It is the men of this land who are bloodthirsty and they lay their own guilt on the gods. Edith Hamilton
“ Love, however, cannot be forbidden. The more that flame is covered up, the hotter it burns. Also love can always find a way. It was impossible that these two whose hearts were on fire should be kept a… Edith Hamilton
“ A chasm opened in the earth and out of it coal-black horses sprang, drawing a chariot and driven by one who had a look of dark splendor, majestic and beautiful and terrible. He caught her to him and h… Edith Hamilton
“ The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat. Edith Hamilton
