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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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of...

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.