"They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world."

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Source : Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub

Edith Hamilton

#Discovery Quotes #Greek Quotes #World Quotes

“There are no rules to attraction. Jake is nothing like who I wanted.”
“Art is many things but, directly or indirectly, it always describes the human condition.”
“How strange that excision â€“ female circumcision, with several languages using the same term for both kinds of mutilation â€“ of little girls should revolt the westerner but excite no disapproval when it is performed on little boys. Consensus on the point seems absolute. But ask your interlocutor to think about the validity of this surgical procedure, which consists of removing a healthy part of a nonconsenting childâ€™s body on nonmedical grounds â€“ the legal definition ofâ€¦ mutilation.”
“A critic is a virgin who would teach Don Juan how to make love.”
“The law of the heart is thus the same as the law of muscular tissue generally, that the energy of contraction, however measured, is a function of the length of the muscle fibre.”

Source : Ernest Henry Starling (1965). “Starling on the Heart: Facsimile Reprints, Including the Linacre Lecture on the Law of the Heart”
“And y'all scared I can tell That I'mma get Bucks like Milwaukee, cause like Sam, I ca' sell.”

Source : "Song: Put Your Hands Up (Album: Kiss Tha Game Goodbye)". 2001.
“If you are fond of dressing elegantly, or when you put on your clothes, think of the incorruptible garment of righteousness in which our souls should be arrayed, or of Jesus Christ Who is our spiritual raiment, as it is said: 'For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ' (Gal. 3:27).”
“Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.”

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