Ancient Quotes

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The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the… — William Blackstone
There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you… — Sophocles
The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that… — Ai Weiwei
We are so fortunate, as Australians, to have among us the oldest continuing cultures in human history. Cultures that link our nation with deepest antiquity.… — Kevin Rudd
Ancient Rome was a violent place. — James Purefoy
I grew up in a society with a very ancient and strong oral storytelling tradition. I was told stories, as a child, by my grandmother,… — Khaled Hosseini
In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible. — Marina Abramovic
PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as… — Ambrose Bierce
To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not be otherwise than blind, because their preference was made without,… — Samuel Johnson
Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath. — Unknown Author
The search of the young today is more specific than the ancient search for the Holy Grail. The search of the youth today is for… — William Orville Douglas
Incidentally, disturbance from cosmic background radiation is something we have all experienced. Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive, and about 1 percent… — Bill Bryson
But, through the shift of mood and mood, Mine ancient humor saves him whole The cynic devil in his blood That bids him mock his… — Rudyard Kipling
Hence I pronounce this, that as old experience doth attain to something like prophetic strain, so all comely facility traces back to long pondering; intuitions… — Unknown Author
FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person --a method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is considerately permitted to lose… — Ambrose Bierce
MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent pigment.… — Ambrose Bierce
LORE, n. Learning --particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books, or… — Ambrose Bierce
He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul . . . He was… — John Dryden
I would stand, If the night blackened with a coming storm, Beneath some rock, listening to notes that are The ghostly language of the ancient… — William Wordsworth
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,… — DH Lawrence

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