Edith Hamilton quotes

Edith Hamilton was a renowned American author and classicist, best known for her expertise in Greek and Roman mythology. Born in 1867, she dedicated her life to studying and preserving ancient texts, bringing these captivating stories to life for millions. With her groundbreaking work, "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes," Hamilton introduced generations to the fascinating world of ancient myths. Her keen insights and engaging writing style made her a beloved scholar and storyteller worldwide. Edith Hamilton's contributions continue to inspire and educate, making her an indispensable figure in the realm of classical studies and mythology. Discover the wonders of ancient Greece and Rome through her captivating works that have stood the test of time.

Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth.

- Edith Hamilton

None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.

- Edith Hamilton

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

- Edith Hamilton

The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying world, who will not leave us to walk undisturbed in the ways of our fathers.

- Edith Hamilton

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

- Edith Hamilton

Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.

- Edith Hamilton