It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.
Edith HamiltonGreat art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
Edith HamiltonWhen the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.
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