Constantinople was the principal seat and fortress of Arianism; and, in a long interval of forty years, the faith of the princes… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I was held in the Mazra Tora Prison for my role as leader of the pan-Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir in Alexandria. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
“I'd be supper-pissed in the afterlife if I died a virgin in this crap hole.” — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
“They say that Caliph Omar, when consulted about what had to be done with the library of Alexandria, answered as follows: 'If… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is a fitting tribute to so great a man and Mason. Its message should be as… — Henry Clausen Copy Share Image
At that time the archiepiscopal throne of Alexandria was filled by Theophilus, the perpetual enemy of peace and virtue; a bold, bad… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The valuable library of Alexandria was pillaged or destroyed; and near twenty years afterwards, the appearance of the empty shelves excited the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“ Euclid 's Elements has been for nearly twenty-two centuries the encouragement and guide of that scientific thought which is one thing… — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
I always enjoyed playing around Washington, because we always have a good crowd. I've never had a bad crowd in this vicinity… — Ralph Stanley Copy Share Image
Eratosthenes was the director of the great library of Alexandria, the Centre of science and learning in the ancient world. Aristotle had… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The promise of the Internet-as-Alexandria is more than the rolling plenitude of information. It's the ability of individuals to choreograph that information… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
The opportunity before all of us is living up to the dream of the Library of Alexandria and then taking it a… — Brewster Kahle Copy Share Image
Was not Hypatia the greatest philosopher of Alexandria, and a true martyr to the old values of learning? She was torn to… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
When I think of the library of Alexandria and of the fact that, although it burnt down, people continue to sort the… — Alexander Kluge Copy Share Image
“There are no known non-biblical references to a historical Jesus by any historian or other writer of the time during and shortly… — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image
We should prepare to go over to the offensive. Our aim is to smash Lebanon, Trans-Jordan and Syria. The weak point is… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Pantaenus was one of these and is said to have gone to India. It is reported that among persons there who knew… — Eusebius Copy Share Image
In ancient times there was no public education, except that of the forum, the theater, and the street, and the general degree… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilisation. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
A Christian state should be established [in Lebanon], with its southern border on the Litani river. We will make an alliance with… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Don’t mourn your luck that’s failing now, work gone wrong, your plans all proving deceptive — don’t mourn them uselessly. As one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the year 415, the woman scientist Hypatia, head of the legendary Alexandria library, was beaten to death by Christian monks who… — James A. Haught Copy Share Image
There are only two rules. One is E. M. Forster's guide to Alexandria; the best way to know Alexandria is to wander… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
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