Ancient Quotes

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Every sensitive person carries in himself old cities enclosed by ancient walls — Robert Walser
The arrogant elimination of the Djaouts of our world must nerve us to pursue our own combative doctrine, namely: that peaceful cohabitation on this planet… — Wole Soyinka
So that the Universe felt love, by which, as somebelieve, the world has many times been turned to chaos. And at that moment this ancient… — Dante Alighieri
She had sacrificed her childhood to save her brothers; she loved her family above all else, and her spirits yearned to return home once more,… — Juliet Marillier
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form" states the Heart Sutra, one of the best known ancient Buddhist texts. The essence of all things is emptiness. — Eckhart Tolle
At that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time why people said Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort had ever feared. The look upon… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine, you remember those of Seneca, another of those old Romans I met… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Yes...how else could Demandred explain the skill of the enemy general? Only a man with the experience of an ancient was so masterly at the… — Robert Jordan
I may be biased, but I think jackals are cute and cuddly, even if they were known for digging up graves in Ancient Egypt. — Rick Riordan
the underlying struggle - between worlds of plenty and worlds of want; between the modern and the ancient; between those who embrace our teeming, colliding,… — Barack Obama
As always, there was an all-American war hero look to him, coded in his tousled brown hair, his summer-narrowed hazel eyes, the straight nose that… — Maggie Stiefvater
I slammed the doors open a little harder than I needed to, stalked out to the Blue Beetle, and drove away with all the raging… — Jim Butcher
Light is the only connection we have with the Universe beyond our solar system, and the only connection our ancestors had with anything beyond Earth.… — Brian Cox
We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athensâ€”like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. Itâ€™s never entirely clear what this is… — David Graeber
Kaylee and Nash are like those rocks that ancient cave people used to make fire. Bang them together, and you get sparks." Sabine said. "Let's… — Rachel Vincent
There's a reason cats were near deity in ancient Egypt. Dogs may be loyal, but cats are smart. This one must recognize our bond. You… — Kiersten White
Difficulty" is the name of an ancient tool that was created purely to help us define who we are. — Paulo Coelho
My wife, my Mary, goes to her sleep the way you would close the door of a closet. So many times I have watched her… — John Steinbeck
To the ancient Greeks the word, dikaiosini,justice was often synonymous with ekdikisis,vengeance. — Sidney Sheldon
Many theories of the ancient world seem terribly childish today, a hodge-podge of fables and false comparisons.But our theories will seem childish five-hundred years from… — Jacob Bronowski

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