Ancient Quote by Nabeel Qureshi

“In days of yore (about 100 years before olden days, but about 50 years later than ancient times),”

— Terry Pratchett

“One makes a great error if one believes there are 'ancients.' Only now is antiquity starting to arise. It arises in the eyes and…

— Novalis

“Days in the past cover up little by little those that preceded them and are themselves buried beneath those that follow them. But each…

— Marcel Proust

The day is past when schools could afford to give sufficient time and attention to the teaching of the ancient languages to enable the…

— James Loeb

“Yesterday is as ancient as a millennia ago, because both are forever out of reach.”

— Jarod Kintz

Somewhere there is an ancient enmity between our daily life and the great work. Help me in saying it, to understand it.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.

— Moliere

“The ancients were subtle, mysterious, profound, responsive. The depth of their knowledge is unfathomable. Because it is unfathomable, All we can do is describe…

— Lao Tzu

“A day is a day whether you are a washerwoman or a baker or the ruler of Rome.”

— Phyllis T. Smith

“When we speak of ancient times, Rud Elalle, we find in our words things far nearer to hand, and all those emotions we imagined…

— Steven Erikson

Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.

— Ridley Scott

“You mean, the good old days of the fourteenth century.”

— Bobby Akart