11 quotes found
“A man without fear cannot be a slave.”
“The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.”
“Besides Zeus on his throne, Justice has her seat.”
“Noble self-restraint must have something to restrain.”
“Very few great artists feel the giant agony of the world.”
“Liberty depends on self-restraint. Freedom is freedom only when controlled and limited.”
“The Greeks were realists. They saw the beauty of common things and were content with it.”
“Tragedy cannot take place around a type. Suffering is the most individualizing thing on earth.”
“The author determines that the bitterest struggles are for one side of the truth to the suppression of the other side.”
“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 examp...”
“A magical universe was so terrifying because it was so irrational. There was no cause and effect anywhere.”
