Quotes by Hamilton, Edith

Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins o >>

There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the tran >>

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed. >>

Quotations about Translation

Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation. >>

There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the tran >>

Translation is entirely mysterious. Increasingly I have felt that the >>

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.

Hamilton, Edith