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Love and the Soul (for that is what Psyche means) had sought and, after sore trials, found each other and that union could never be broken. (Cupid and Psyche)
Edith Hamilton
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Edith Hamilton
Age: 95 †
Born: 1867
Born: August 12
Died: 1963
Died: May 31
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The Old Testament is the record of men's conviction that God speaks directly to men.
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Ages of faith and of unbelief are always said to mark the course of history.
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Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom.
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Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge and frequently the result as well.
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The comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique.
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There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate an incommunicable beauty. Yet, unless we do try, something unique and never surpassed will cease to exist except in the libraries of a few inquisitive book lovers.
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