Burnt Quote by Qin Shi Huang Download Open image “I have collected all the writings of the Empire and burnt those which were of no use.” — Qin Shi Huang ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Burnt Burnt Use Collected Writings Empire Burnt Empires Use Writing Writings Empire
“Scientific works and entire libraries were set to torch kindled by the insane religious fanatics. We have already mentioned the Bishop of Yucatan, who… — Petr Beckman Copy Share Image
What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I retained no records and I am not a good writer anyhow. So the best approach is for historians like you to extract the… — Shunroku Hata Copy Share Image
When I was in the gulag I would sometimes even write on stone walls. I used to write on scraps of paper, then I… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
The only good histories are those written by those who had command in the events they describe. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Possession of books denounced as heretical was made a criminal offense. Copies of such books were burned and destroyed. But in Upper Egypt, someone,… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
I have written many works to accompany Old Church Slavonic texts. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
I am Emperor, my descendants will be numerous. From the second generation to the ten thousandth, my line will not end. — Qin Shi Huang Copy Share Image
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It was love at first sight. Until reality struck like lightning and burnt up everything leaving me with nothing but scars. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“None of these is in line with your original ideal of using the alien civilization as a way to reform humanity. YE: I started… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
“A burnt broom that has had enough, and refuses to burn further...” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“We burnt the salt and the herbs (in America it is correct to drop the h in herbs---it does sound odd.)” — Dodie Smith I Capture the Castle Copy Share Image
He was now in that state of fire that she loved. She wanted to be burnt. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes! — Joan of Arc Copy Share Image
