For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since…

O, from the ancient days always there have been travelers. So why should I grieve?

— Du Fu

In ancient days the Pythagoreans were used to change names with each other,--fancying that each would share the virtues they admired in the other.

— Henry David Thoreau

Even-handed fate Hath but one law for small and great: That ample urn holds all men's names.

— Horace

Fate hath no voice but the heart's impulse.

— Friedrich Schiller

“Ancient of Days”

— Nabeel Qureshi

You must know the story of how the race of ancient days reached the stars, and how they bargained away all the wild half…

— Gene Wolfe

Ancient of days! august Athena! where, Where are thy men of might? thy grand in soul? Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were;…

— Lord Byron

“Even in ancient days they were, as a rule, shy of 'the Big Folk', as they call us, and now they avoid us with…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

It is thus hardly surprising that so many of the great minds in recent history have concerned themselves with economic matters. Indeed, they have…

— Paul Zane Pilzer

I will insist the Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation. If I was an atheist and believed in blind…

— John Adams

In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations,…

— Confucius

I don't know if I've come of age, but I'm certainly older now. I feel shrunken, as if there's a tiny ancient Oliver Tate…

— Joe Dunthorne

Ancient eyes had stared at me, filled with ancient grief. And something more. Something so alien and unexpected that I'd almost burst into tears.…

— Karen Marie Moning

“Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history of that…

— Milan Kundera

“We ought to know the history of our ancient ancestors.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita