Ancient Quote by William Shakespeare

“As it so often does, an impulsive, daring suddenly - and too late - seemed seriously flawed in its conception and its inability to…

— Jean Ferris

“Though recognition's been delayed by its circuitous construction, now the pattern, long concealed, emerges into view. Is it not fine? Is it not simple,…

— Alan Moore

It is an ancient story Yet is it ever new.

— Heinrich Heine

“Far-stretching, endless Time Brings forth all hidden things, And buries that which once did shine. The firm resolve falters, the sacred oath is shattered;…

— Sophocles

The wordy tale, once told, were hard to tell again.

— Homer

“It is a great priviledge to hear from the mouth of an initiate what struggles we are ensnared in and what the meaning is…

— Ernst Jünger

“To prevent becoming overwhelmed by the world around us, we must, as the ancients practiced, learn how to limit our passions and their control…

— Ryan Holiday

Exasperation with the threefold frustration of action -- the unpredictability of its outcome, the irreversibility of the process, and the anonymity of its authors…

— Hannah Arendt

At length weariness succeeds to labor, and the mind lies at ease in the contemplation of her own attainments without any desire of new…

— Samuel Johnson

“The multitude of men and women choose the less adventurous way of the comparatively unconscious civic and tribal routines. But these seekers, too, are…

— Joseph Campbell

In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic…

— Mircea Eliade

“While we fancy ourselves going straight forward, and attaining, at every step, an entirely new position of affairs, we do actually return to something…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne