Ancient Quotes

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Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else being taught, except… — Charles Darwin
An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human… — Ambrose Bierce
When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern… — Edmund Burke
A university is a place where ancient tradition thrives alongside the most revolutionary ideas. Perhaps as no other institution, a university is simultaneously committed to… — Ronald Reagan
In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece. — Nia Vardalos
What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to… — Benjamin Disraeli
Our job this day is to become part of the answer to the world's immense and protracted suffering rather than continuing our ancient task of… — Hugh Prather
I am all the time talking about you, and bragging, to one person or another. I am like the Ancient Mariner, who had a tale… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. Never drink when you are wretched without it, or you will be like the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. — Unknown Author
Society works not because we have consciously invented it, but because it is an ancient product of our evolved predispositions. It is literally in our… — Matt Ridley
Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratie, Shook the arsenal, and fulmin'd over Greece, To… — John Milton
Courteous Reader, Astrology is one of the most ancient Sciences, held in high esteem of old, by the Wise and the Great. Formerly, no Prince… — Benjamin Franklin
For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from… — Bertrand Russell
What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has… — Saint John Chrysostom
The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But ending it is… — George McGovern
Let us suppose, that the Old and New worlds were formerly but one continent, and that, by a violent earthquake, the ancient Atalantis [sic] of… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
My brothers are both 6 ft. 5 in., and if you have younger brothers who are bigger than you then you have to learn the… — Nick Moran
While [the Arians], like men sprung from a dunghill, truly "spoke from the earth" [Jn. 3:31], the bishops [of Nicea], not having invented their phrases… — Athanasius of Alexandria
In the move The Last Emperor, the young child anointed as the last emperor of China lives a magical life of luxury with a thousand… — Philip Yancey

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