Edith Hamilton quotes and words of wisdom

"Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos."
Found in the topic Chaos.

"It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an edcuated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought ? that is to be educated."
Found in the topic Education.

Interesting Quotes

History is more or less bunk.Henry Ford - US automobile industrialist (1863 - 1947)

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.Ernest Hemingway - US author & journalist (1899 - 1961)