Antiquity Quote by Elvis Costello

Neither antiquity nor any other nation has imagined a more atrocious and blasphemous absurdity than that of eating God. This is how Christians treat…

— Frederick The Great

If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods.

— Aristippus

You will certainly grant me that neither antiquity nor whatever nation has devised a more repulsive and blasphemous absurdity than that of eating your…

— Frederick The Great

In one period the grossest ignorance and barbarism prevailed in the world; and afterwards, in a more enlightened age, the most daring infidelity, and…

— William Carey

Alas, our rulers are not gods, but puny, fallible men, like the kings who constantly forget their parts, and we common men should be…

— Lin Yutang

Why will we be imposed on by antiquity?

— Henry David Thoreau

“The Church wishes, for example, to apply Rosmini's invitation to 'hear loftily of God' with worthy liturgical celebrations, stripping the concept of God from…

— Pope John Paul I

In circumstances as dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that whilst every prudent measure should be taken to…

— John Hancock

The ministry or service of prophets and witnesses, mourning and prophesying in sackcloth, God has directly commissioned and upheld all during the reign of…

— Roger Williams

When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair,…

— John Strachan

“The gods of the traditional world, with their supernatural powers, have been replaced by humans with bombs and shopping lists; the apocalypse has moved…

— Matthew Barrett Gross

Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves…

— Homer