Ancient Quotes

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Jews don't care about ancient rivalries. We worry about humidity in Miami. — Evan Sayet
The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
When we become isolated, we are prone to being damaged; our minds lose their flexibility and natural kindness; we become vulnerable to fear and negativity.… — John O'Donohue
Now as at all times I can see in the mind's eye, In their stiff, painted clothes, the pale unsatisfied ones Appear and disappear in… — William Butler Yeats
Suppose there arise a dispute relative to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the most ancient Churches with which the… — Irenaeus of Lyons
Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a wise and intuitive counselor available 24/7? You're in luck-you already have one. Your body! Our bodies carry ancient… — Sue Thoele
Ancient wisdom offers . . . a simple yet profound formula to guide everyone who leads, anyone who aspires to leadership: 'Do justly, love mercy,… — Wayne D. Dosick
We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the… — Pope Francis
I've visited the future and I've seen the Heavenly City standing upon this Earth!-Beautiful, gorgeous, incomparable, almost indescribable, the most gorgeous sight you'll ever want… — David Berg
All over the world, there are libraries of a sort. They are among the most beautiful places on the earth, and they hold more information… — Brock Adams
If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a… — Seneca the Younger
A lot of people they don’t know that Africans even named the stars, that different peoples, different so-called native peoples, have their own names for… — Gayl Jones
In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and travel. It is rather feeble. From sleep you wake up,… — D. H. Lawrence
Life is short - while we speak it flies; enjoy, then, the present, and forget the future; such is the moral of ancient poetry, a… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd and under roofs That our frail… — William C. Bryant
Even the standard example of ancient nonsense - the debate about angels on pinheads - makes sense once you realize that theologians were not discussing… — Stephen Jay Gould
New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth. — James Russell Lowell
SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew… — Ambrose Bierce
TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an… — Ambrose Bierce
We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one. — Charles Lamb
Friendship exists outside our modern economy of scarcity... It's not about apportioning vanishing resources of time and energy. Friendship is a blessed relic of the… — Victor Hugo
It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy former one. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A good wife is like the ivy which beautifies the building to which it clings, twining its tendrils more lovingly as time converts the ancient… — Samuel Johnson
Today, as you know, I am famous and very rich. But when I am alone with myself, I haven't the 'courage' to consider myself an… — Pablo Picasso
Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient… — John Keats

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