though the outside of human life changes much, the inside changes little, and the lesson-book we cannot graduate from is human experience.
Edith HamiltonCivilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling. Where imponderables, are things of first importance, there is the height of civilization, and, if at the same time, the power of art exists unimpaired, human life has reached a level seldom attained and very seldom surpassed.
Edith Hamilton