Ancient Quotes

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Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island. — Nicolas Cage
I would definitely return to Austria. They were all good experiences for me, but definitely Austria because there were some ancient Celtic, sacred sites that… — Nicolas Cage
It's no secret that I've always had an interest in mythology. Whether it's Arthurian or ancient Greek or even Marvel universe. I've always connected with… — Nicolas Cage
God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist… — Orson Scott Card
All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. — Helena Bonham Carter
I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five… — Isabel Allende
Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church. — Thomas Aquinas
All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity. — Baron d'Holbach
I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a fiction. The Christian… — Bertrand Russell
So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and clay: ... that… — Johann Gottfried Herder
Water helped ancient man learn those first lessons about the rights of others and responsibility to a larger society.... It became part of the moral… — Max Meyer
Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called rain. — Mike McAlary
A person who suffers bitterly when slighted or insulted should recognize from this that he still harbors the ancient serpent in his breast. If he… — Symeon the New Theologian
Ancient poets and sages have called the earth the mother of all things. They could hardly have chosen a more attractive name, or one that… — Jonas Hallgrimsson
If atheism spread, it would become a religion as intolerable as the ancient ones. — Gustave Le Bon
None of the miracles with which ancient histories are filled, occurred under scientific conditions. Observation never once contradicted, teaches us that miracles occur only in… — Ernest Renan
No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. — Henry David Thoreau
A fact bobbed up from my memory, that the ancient Egyptians prescribed walking through a garden as a cure for the mad. It was a… — Paul Fleischman
In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education. — Barack Obama
I have... had a disturbing dream in which I break through a cave wall near Nag Hammadi and discover urns full of ancient Coptic scrolls.… — Colin McEnroe

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