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Myths are early science, the result of men's first trying to explain what they saw around them.


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When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.



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

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



To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit.

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit.



The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.

The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.



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..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton



Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom.

Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom.



A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.



To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is educated.

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is educated.



It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.

It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.





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Sometimes God has to put us flat on our back before we are looking up to Him.



A cat's New Year dream is mostly a bird! Don't be like a cat; in New Year Dream something that you have never dreamed! Target for new things.

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One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.



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From old habit, unconsciously he thanked God that he no longer believed in Him.

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The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists.

The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists.




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