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title: "7 Ancient Land Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [“It is an ancient land, honoured in the archives of civilisation. Every great European race has sent its stream to the river…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-davis/it-is-an-ancient-land-honoured-in-the-archives-of-civilisation-every/)

[Thomas Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-davis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/thomas-davis-37052_ireland_it-is-an-ancient-land-honoured-in-the-ar_67195.jpg)

> [“How secure is a forty-year-old state? I remember the garrison towns of the Punjab plains, the fenced-off lands, the young soldiers, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzma-aslam-khan/how-secure-is-a-forty-year-old-state-i-remember-the-garrison-towns-of/)

[Uzma Aslam Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzma-aslam-khan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/uzma-aslam-khan-43682_ancient-land_how-secure-is-a-forty-year-old-state-i-r_360055.jpg)

> [I met a travler from an ancient land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/i-met-a-travler-from-an-ancient-land/)

[Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/gabrielle-zevin-626_ancient_i-met-a-travler-from-an-ancient-land-780_780550.png)

> [“Our DNA does not fade like an ancient parchment; it does not rust in the ground like the sword of a warrior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-sykes/our-dna-does-not-fade-like-an-ancient-parchment-it-does-not-rust-in/)

[Bryan Sykes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-sykes/)

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> [This is the ancient land, where wisdom made its home before it went into any other country... Here is the same India…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/this-is-the-ancient-land-where-wisdom-made-its-home-before-it-went/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-herzl/it-is-true-that-we-aspire-to-our-ancient-land-but-what-we-want-in/)

[Theodor Herzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-herzl/)

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> [“Rising Sun jostles hard to evaporate doom filled clouds;hovering ancient land.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aniruddha-sastikar/rising-sun-jostles-hard-to-evaporate-doom-filled-clouds-hovering/)

[Aniruddha Sastikar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aniruddha-sastikar/)

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