Ancient Quotes

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There is truth in little corners of our lives. There are hints of it in songs and children's eyes. It's familiar, like an ancient lullaby;… — Brooke Fraser
Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. The possession of a good rifle,… — Jeff Cooper
According to Herodotus, the ancient Persians felt that what was necessary in the background of a young man entering adulthood was his ability to ride,… — Jeff Cooper
When you enter a grove peopled with ancient trees, higher than the ordinary, and shutting out the sky with their thickly inter-twined branches, do not… — Seneca the Younger
Today the thing I find myself thinking about the most is our landscape...I think it's something a lot of us take for granted; for many… — Mick Dodson
Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul. We have no eye for these great and fine discoveries.… — Mahatma Gandhi
The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the… — Silvio Berlusconi
What America needs is to hold to its ancient and well-charted course. Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government. It has been… — Calvin Coolidge
The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the want of a… — Alexander Hamilton
But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In… — Ronald Reagan
The helicopter is probably the most versatile instrument ever invented by man. It approaches closer than any other to fulfillment of mankind's ancient dreams of… — Igor Sikorsky
No system in history capitalism has been more relentless in battering down ancient and fragile cultures, devouring the resources of whole regions, pulverizing centuries-old practices… — Michael Parenti
It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish… — Theodor Herzl
The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of… — George Washington
There is no true expertise in the humanities without knowing all of the humanities. Art is a vast, ancient interconnected web-work, a fabricated tradition. Over-concentration… — Camille Paglia
We in this country, in this generation, areby destiny rather than choicethe watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may… — John F. Kennedy
Thus we conclude, that the strata both primary and secondary, both those of ancient and those of more recent origin, have had their materials furnished… — John Playfair
Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also delving deeply into… — Paul Zollo
When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the… — Barack Obama
Now a Jew, in the dictionary, is one who is descended from the ancient tribes of Judea, or one who is regarded as descended from… — Lenny Bruce
The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due… — Northrop Frye
I am a hunter. Not merely 'a person who hunts', but someone to whom this ancient, natural and honorable activity is an essential and deeply… — David Petersen
My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that… — John Dominic Crossan
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. — Harrison Ford
If we raise a generation of students who dont believe in the process of science, who think everything that weve come to know about nature… — Bill Nye

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