“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 a...”

— Edith Hamilton

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“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 person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To...”

— Edith Hamilton

education

“Euripides "questioned everything. He was a misanthrope who preferred books to men.”

— Edith Hamilton

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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

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“She was brave from excess of grief”

— Edith Hamilton

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“Tell one your thoughts, but beware of two. All know what is known to three”

— Edith Hamilton

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“Though the outside of human life changes much, the inside changes little.”

— Edith Hamilton

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“The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.”

— Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way

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“A man without fear cannot be a slave.”

— Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way

anxiety manipulation

“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

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“None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught.”

— Edith Hamilton

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“We hold there is no worse enemy to a state than he who keeps the law in his own hands.”

— Edith Hamilton

democracy

“Besides Zeus on his throne, Justice has her seat.”

— Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way

theology

“The Greeks were realists. They saw the beauty of common things and were content with it.”