Ancient Quotes

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Quotation, like much better things, has its abuses. One may quote till one compiles. The ancient lawyers used to quote at the bar till they… — Isaac D'Israeli
How many may a man of diffusive conversation count among his acquaintances, whose lives have been signalized by numberless escapes; who never cross the river… — Samuel Johnson
According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. — John F. Kennedy
An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand. — Michel de Montaigne
The course of our lives follows ancient and immutable laws, with an ancient, changeless rhythm. Dreams never come true, and the instant they are shattered,… — Natalia Ginzburg
I like things that are kind of eclectic, when one thing doesn't go with another. That's why I love Rome. The town itself is that… — Giambattista Valli
But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata… — Georges Cuvier
We ought never to be afraid to repeat an ancient truth, when we feel that we can make it more striking by a neater turn,… — Luc de Clapiers
Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient Wisdom delighted to convey its precepts, for the regulation of life and manners. — William Warburton
Worship is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonished wonder and… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Now when the ancient Egyptians, awestruck and wondering, turned their eyes to the heavens, they concluded that two gods, the sun and the moon, were… — Diodorus Siculus
Because drumming was recognized as an ancient source and symbol of the power of female technicians of the sacred, drumming was banned. Henceforth divinity was… — Layne Redmond
Rhythm is a means of organizing sound into specific energy formulas to harmonize the mind and body. Chanting, rhythmic breathing and drumming form an ancient… — Layne Redmond
Things thought too long can be no longer thought, For beauty dies of beauty, worth of worth, And ancient lineaments are blotted out. — William Butler Yeats
The impulse to mar and to destroy is as ancient and almost as nearly universal as the impulse to create. The one is an easier… — Joseph Wood Krutch
Is your Christianity ancient history--or current events? — Sam Shoemaker
You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it. — Woodrow Wilson
Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public. — George Santayana
It is better to imitate ancient than modern work. — Leonardo da Vinci
So fleet the works of men, back to their earth again;Ancient and holy things fade like a dream. — Charles Kingsley
Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And… — Euripides
The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents… — Walter Savage Landor
We collected in a group in front of their door, and we experienced within ourselves a grief that was new for us, the ancient grief… — Primo Levi
On the Continent stray cats are judged individually on their merit-some are loved, some are only respected; in England they are universally worshipped as in… — George Mikes
The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe. America came into existence when the European was already so distant from the… — Lewis Mumford

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