Quotes by Edith Hamilton

Edith Hamilton

American educator and author

Lived from: 1867 - 1963

Category: Writers (Contemporary)

Born: 12 august 1867 Died: 31 may 1963

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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.
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  • The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests had said, ''Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought.'' The Greek said, ''All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought.''
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  • Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.
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  • There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate an incommunicable beauty. Yet, unless we do try, something unique and never surpassed will cease to exist except in the libraries of a few inquisitive book lovers.
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  • When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.
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What are the most famous quotes from Edith Hamilton?

The two most famous quotes from Edith Hamilton are:

  • "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."
  • "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."

When did Edith Hamilton live?

Edith Hamilton was born in 1867 and died in the year 1963.