"History is the witness that testifies to the……" — Marcus Tullius Cicero
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities. "
More Antiquities Quotes
- While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum,… — Benjamin Rush
- The human mind has a natural tendency to explore what has passed in distant ages in scenes with which it… — William Buckland
- We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was erected. But when it is under… — Walter Benjamin
- Warhol turned to photographs of stars, as the Renaissance turned to antiquities, to find images of gods. — David Sylvester
- Times before you, when even the living men were Antiquities; when the living might exceed the dead, and to depart… — Thomas Browne
- I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic. — Stephen Bayley
- Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. — Francis Bacon
- We were totally unprepared for such a large quantity of visitors, and in view of the preservation of the antiquities… — Howard Carter