Quotations about:
    imponderable


Note not all quotations have been tagged, so Search may find additional quotes on this topic.


Civilization, a much abused word, stands for a high matter quite apart from telephones and electric lights. It is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the things of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling.

Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) American educator, author, classicist
The Greek Way, ch. 6 (1930)
    (Source)
 
Added on 22-Sep-22 | Last updated 22-Sep-22
Link to this post | No comments
Topics: , , ,
More quotes by Hamilton, Edith

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

Lawrence J Peter
Lawrence J. Peter (1919-1990) American educator, management theorist
Peter’s Almanac, entry for 24 Sep. (1982).
 
Added on 14-Aug-07 | Last updated 3-Apr-20
Link to this post | No comments
Topics: , , , , ,
More quotes by Peter, Lawrence J.