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The cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and unexpected advance of Islam. The result of this advance was the… — Henri Pirenne
In antiquity there was only silence. In the nineteenth century, with the invention of the machine, Noise was born. Today, Noise triumphs and reigns supreme… — Luigi Russolo
But Shakespeare never drank coffee. Nor did Julius Caesar, or Socrates. Alexander the Great conquered half the world without even a café latte to perk… — Mark Forsyth
Custom is often only the antiquity of error. — Cyprian
I think it better to keep a profound silence with regard to the Christian fables, which are canonized by their antiquity and the credulity of… — Frederick The Great
But the origin of the American Republic is distinguished by peculiar circumstances. Other nations have been driven together by fear and necessity-the governments have generally… — Noah Webster
In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others. — Confucius
I cannot sufficiently be astonished that such is the insanity of some men, such the impiety of their blinded understanding, such, finally, their lust after… — Vincent of Lerins
Avoid the profane novelty of words, St. Paul says (I Timothy 6:20) ... For if novelty is to be avoided, antiquity is to be held… — Vincent of Lerins
What, then, shall a Catholic Christian do ... if some novel contagion attempt to infect no longer a small part of the Church alone but… — Vincent of Lerins
The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the interest of learning… — Samuel Johnson
Damn the age. I'll write for antiquity. — Charles Lamb
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled. — Xunzi
To put it in a nutshell, the Central and South American high cultures of antiquity were entirely worthy of comparison with what the Old World… — Joseph Needham
What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity… — Henry David Thoreau
It is one proof of a good education and of true refinement of feeling, to respect antiquity. — Sigourney Weaver
The nations of antiquity rolled away in the current of ages, Israel alone remained one indestructible edifice of gray antiquity... preserved by an internal and… — Isaac Mayer Wise
The doctors of antiquity have affirmed that love is a passion that resembles a melancholy disease. The physician Rasis prescribed, therefore, in order to recover,… — Marsilio Ficino
Of what violences, murders, depredations, have not the epic poets, from all antiquity, been the occasion, by propagating false honor, false glory, and false religion? — Samuel Richardson
Streets teemed with hell's wretched souls. New dead with their gadgets and old dead from antiquity. Demons roamed the avenues and alleyways, tormenting hapless damned… — Larry Atchley Jr.
We do not associate the idea of antiquity with the ocean, nor wonder how it looked a thousand years ago, as we do of the… — Henry David Thoreau
For those who do not make the transition to a matured, more spiritual self-will reason will indeed be no more than rationalization. Here is a… — Kenny Smith
If the finding of Coines, Medals, Urnes, and other Monuments of famous Persons, or Towns, or Utensils, be admitted for unquestionable Proofs, that such Persons… — Robert Hooke
Nature is sanative, refining, elevating. How cunningly she hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses, and violets, and morning dew! Every inch of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity. — Confucius

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