The American classicist Edith Hamilton once described the great works of literature, "the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.
Edith HamiltonThe easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind.
Edith HamiltonThey yoked themselves to a car and drew her all the long way through dust and heat. Everyone admired their filial piety when they arrived and the proud and happy mother standing before the statue prayed that Hera would reward them by giving them the best gift in her power. As she finished her prayer the two lads sank to the ground. They were smiling and they looked as if they were peacefully asleep but they were dead. (Biton and Cleobis)
Edith HamiltonTag: myth mythology hera biton cleobis
He was there beside her; yet she was far away from him, alone with her outraged love and her ruined life.
Edith HamiltonFor all men serve him of their own free will. And he whom Love touches not walks in darkness.
Edith HamiltonModerately wise each one should be,
Not overwise, for a wise man's heart
Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom)
Love cannot live where there is no trust.
Edith HamiltonTag: love relationships trust mythology cupid
[W]hat is ugly and evil is apt to change and grow milder with time.
Edith HamiltonNone but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.
Edith HamiltonThere 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.
Edith HamiltonTag: translations foreign-language
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