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.

Quote by Edith Hamilton

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Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the...

Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the...

Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of...

Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of...

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to...

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to...

To set up what you like against what you dislike - this is the disease...

To set up what you like against what you dislike - this is the disease...

Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying...

The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying...

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

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...

None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain...

None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain...