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

More from Edith Hamilton

• It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought--that is to be educated.
• Responsibility was the price every man must pay for freedom. It was to be had on no other terms.