Ancient Quotes

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I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets...the ancient world like that was pretty astounding. — Leonardo DiCaprio
İstanbul is a magical seal which unites Europe and Asia since the ancient times. Without a doubt, Istanbul is certainly the most beautiful place of… — Gerard De Nerval
Nobody since Newton has been able to use geometrical methods to the same extent for the like purposes; and as we read the Principia we… — William Whewell
The fundamental facts about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priest had said, "Thus far and no farther. We… — Edith Hamilton
The silence of landscape conceals vast presence. Place is not simply location. A place is a profound individuality. With complete attention, landscape celebrates the liturgy… — John O'Donohue
After all, you're not exactly a nation like all the other nations. You are unique, if only because you are such an ancient people, and… — Jean-Marie Le Pen
Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China.… — Hu Shih
Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science. — Clyde Tombaugh
This force is unlimited. It is always moving and always flowing. The ancient Hawaiians, the Kahunas, used the metaphor of the flow of a running… — Wayne Dyer
For I was reared in the great city, pent with cloisters dim,and saw naught lovely but the sky and stars.But thou, my babe! Shalt wander… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Now, after these things were done, the Pharaoh and his Queen drove through the hosts of Egypt in their golden chariot, and received the homage… — H. Rider Haggard
Various accounts of Empedocle's death are given in ancient sources. His enemies said that his desire to be thought a god led him to throw… — Empedocles
When Goya was 80 he drew an ancient man propped on two sticks, with a great mass of white hair and beard all over his… — Simone de Beauvoir
More than sixty years ago, mathematical logicians, by defining precisely the concept of an algorithm, gave content to the ancient human idea of an effective… — David Berlinski
I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the… — Vernon L. Smith
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy will make the ancient method of drilling holes in a patient's head to permit the escape of demons look relatively advanced.... Toxic… — Ernst T. Krebs
We see the pernicious effects of luxury in the ancient Romans, who immediately found themselves poor as soon as this vice got footing among them. — Joseph Addison
That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle in… — William Penn
To speak about this universal force that will lead us beyond on the last horizon of our known self toward a wiser, more loving, more… — Arianna Huffington
Many an ancient lord's last words have been, 'You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh.' — Terry Pratchett
When I'm asked about the relevance to Black people of what I do, I take that as an affront. It presupposes that Black people have… — Mae Jemison
...It is a very remarkable fact that the species of shell-fish common to Greenland and Finmark are not all inhabitants of deep or moderately deep… — Edward Forbes
...and the cries of the birds and the uproar of the monkeys became more and more remote, and the world became eternally sad. The men… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri. — Alastair Reynolds
"What was that technique you were using on those bastards?" "An ancient form called kicking ass." — Nora Roberts

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