It may be said of some very old places, as of some very old books, that they are destined to be forever new. The nearer we approach them, the more remote they seem: the more we study them, the more… — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
Were I asked to define it, I should reply that archeology is that science which enables us to register and classify our knowledge of the sum of man's achievement in those arts and handicrafts whereby he has, in time past,… — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
between prosperity and adversity there can be little real fellowship. — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
It may be said of some very old places, as of some very old books, that they are destined to be forever new. The… — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
The world is terribly apt to take people at their own valuation. — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
The camel has his virtues - so much at least must be admitted; but they do not lie upon the surface. — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
“My heart beat violently. My forehead was bathed in a cold perspiration. I asked myself for the first time what it was that I… — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
“The future - what should I do with the future? I felt like one who has climbed the brow of a great hill, and… — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
Of all the trees that have ever been cultivated by man, the genealogical tree is the driest. It is one, we may be sure,… — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
Love is of all stimulants the most powerful. It sharpens the wits like danger, and the memory like hatred; it spurs the will like… — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
It has been aptly said that all Egypt is but the facade of an immense sepulcher. — Amelia B. Edwards Copy Share Image
