Quotes about Ancient

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate? Votes: 6

Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today. Votes: 6

The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change. Votes: 5

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. Votes: 4

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time. Votes: 4

Ancient miracles are technological wonders. Votes: 3

Ancient Rome was a violent place. Votes: 3

Ancient literature is a rich history. Votes: 3

Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches. Votes: 3

Ancient travelers guessed; modern travelers measure. Votes: 3

Masonry is identical with the Ancient Mysteries Votes: 3

One service to need heals an ancient wound. Votes: 3

Ancient history is oddly short on incorrect omens. Votes: 3

The Kettlebell is an Ancient Russian Weapon Against Weakness Votes: 3

Jews don't care about ancient rivalries. We worry about humidity in Miami. Votes: 3

All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. Votes: 3

Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading. Votes: 3

To change the world , we need to combine Ancient wisdom with new technologies Votes: 3

Ancient simplicity is gone...the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery. Votes: 3

Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them. Votes: 3

Darwinism is a pagan religion whose roots go back to the Sumerians and Ancient Egypt. Votes: 3

Ancient Hawaiians say: When you're itching for the waves, the only lotion is the ocean. Votes: 3

Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend. Votes: 3

When the snipe and the mussel struggle, the fisherman gets the benefit. Ancient Chinese saying Votes: 3

Ancient art was the tyrant of Egypt, the mistress of Greece and the servant of Rome. Votes: 3

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste. Votes: 3

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. Votes: 3

I want you to go to the Ancient Languages Department at Trinity College tomorrow morning, Ms.Lane. Votes: 3

Ancient astronauts didn't build the pyramids. Human beings built the pyramids, because they're clever and they work hard. Votes: 3

Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is. Votes: 3

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom. Votes: 3

The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks. Votes: 3

Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense. Votes: 3

So fleet the works of men, back to their earth again;Ancient and holy things fade like a dream. Votes: 3

In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible. Votes: 3

I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction. Votes: 3

Fit men walking around and bathing, it would be just like being in Ancient Rome [on a footballers dressing room Votes: 3

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. Votes: 3

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. Votes: 3

No wonder, said an Ancient, that chance has so much power over us, since it is by chance that we live. Votes: 3

It ["The Ancient Mariner"] is marvellous in its mastery over that delightfully fortuitous inconsequence that is the adamantine logic of dreamland. Votes: 3

Ancient Rule of Twenty-one: if you do anything for twenty-one days in a row, it will be installed as a habit. Votes: 3

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. Votes: 3

Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath. Votes: 3

There are two sentences inscribed upon the Ancient oracle... "Know thyself" and "Nothing too much"; and upon these all other precepts depend. Votes: 3

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one. Votes: 3

A twinge at the edge of her lips and she continued, the soft, slow lilt of recitation: "Ancient walls that sing the distant hours. Votes: 3

A twinge at the edge of her lips and she continued, the soft, slow lilt of recitation: "Ancient walls that sing the distant hours." Votes: 3

The Ancient Egyptians considered it good luck to meet a swarm of Bees on the road. What they considered bad luck I couldn't say. Votes: 3

I may be biased, but I think jackals are cute and cuddly, even if they were known for digging up graves in Ancient Egypt. Votes: 3

Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today." Votes: 3

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect. Votes: 3

We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so don't judge us too harshly. Votes: 3

Ancient metaphysics underwent many changes at the hands of medieval thinkers who brought it in line with the dominant religious and theological movements of their day. Votes: 3

Dirge of the dying and the stench of fear,Black souls repent as hell draws near," - Percy Pemmeney the smuggler, from Curse of Ancient Shadows. Votes: 3

Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison. Votes: 3

The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story: the prototype of the bore. Votes: 3

I'd like to be an academic, a philosophy lecturer if possible. I'd do a Masters in Ancient Hebrew maybe, and a Ph.D. hopefully, if I get in. Votes: 3

According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time. Votes: 3

If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy. Votes: 3

If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish. Votes: 3

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope. Votes: 3

He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever. He burns at the center of time and he can see the turn of the universe. And... he's wonderful. - Tim Latimer Votes: 3

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies. Votes: 1

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. Votes: 1

And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything. Votes: 1

My hands resemble some ancient tree: the roots that bind up the earth, the rock and the ceaselessly nibbling wordms. Votes: 1

Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods. Votes: 1

It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo. Votes: 1

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions. Votes: 1

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. Votes: 1

Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault. Votes: 1

Our brains have been designed to blur the line between self and other. It is an ancient neural circuitry that marks every mammal, from mouse to elephant. Votes: 1

My brothers are both 6 ft. 5 in., and if you have younger brothers who are bigger than you then you have to learn the ancient martial art of sarcasm. Votes: 1

I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients. Votes: 1

Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt. Votes: 1

I was always fascinated, even as a child, by antiques and ancient times. I always felt I should have been born in the 17th or 18th century. They really had a big stone castle with authentic furniture. Votes: 1

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. Votes: 1

We all have genes that come from our ancestors that aren't used - they're not turned on. So we actually carry ancient genes with us. If you could figure out how to turn those on, you could resurrect ancient characteristics from our ancestors. Votes: 1

The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that is most apparent. I have seen how, through sport, cities and corporations compete against each other for financial gain. Votes: 1

Man was so created by the Lord as to be able while living in the body to speak with spirits and angels, as in fact was done in the most ancient times; for, being a spirit clothed with a body, he is one with them. Votes: 1

Transcendental meditation is an ancient mental technique that allows any human being to dive within, transcend and experience the source of everything. It's such a blessing for the human being because that eternal field is a field of unbounded intelligence, creativity, happiness, love, energy and peace. Votes: 1

From food trucks to hot dog stands to county fair favorites, 'street food' has enjoyed a rich and storied history in American cuisine. However, street food has been around for thousands of years. In fact, street food is believed to have originated as far back as Ancient Rome. Votes: 1

Although prefabrication has a long history - the ancient Romans shipped pre-cut stone columns, pediments, and other architectural elements to their colonies in North Africa, where the numbered parts were reassembled into temples - the idea took on a new impetus with the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution. Votes: 1

The Christian Bible is a symbolic book, not a literal one. The one Christians know as Jesus was actually a symbol for the sun. Ancient sun worshippers believed the sun died at the end of the winter solstice and then three days later it would be reborn at the start of its cycle - December 25. Votes: 1

Time makes ancient good uncouth. Votes: 0

The Family of Fools is ancient Votes: 0

The future has an ancient heart. Votes: 0

Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip. Votes: 0

Is your Christianity ancient history--or current events? Votes: 0

Nature is technological relic of ancient civilizations. Votes: 0

An ancient custom obtains force of nature. Votes: 0

that's me. ancient history." [Poseidon to Paul] Votes: 0

Oh, beauty, ever ancient and ever new. Votes: 0

Dharma is an ancient word for truth. Votes: 0

Young heads take example of the ancient Votes: 0

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme. Votes: 0

I met a travler from an ancient land. Votes: 0

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth. Votes: 0

Between certainty and the real, an ancient enmity. Votes: 0

It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri. Votes: 0

Half a page--and the morning is already ancient. Votes: 0

Confidentiality is an ancient and well-warranted social value. Votes: 0

Spying has always gone on since ancient times. Votes: 0

Society therefore is an ancient as the world. Votes: 0

There is nothing more ancient than the truth. Votes: 0

The rich are always enamored of the ancient. Votes: 0

It is lost at dice, what ancient honor won. Votes: 0

The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere. Votes: 0

Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness. Votes: 0

Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better. Votes: 0

I loved the myths of ancient Greece and Egypt. Votes: 0

I feel again a spark of that ancient flame. Votes: 0

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work. Votes: 0

We travel to ancient times by reading history books. Votes: 0

Yet when ancient forces stir, many things are woken. Votes: 0

We ought to know the history of our ancient ancestors. Votes: 0

The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood. Votes: 0

The world's holy texts are built on ancient oral traditions. Votes: 0

In our corruption we perceive beauties unrevealed to ancient times. Votes: 0

In international commerce, India is an ancient country-(19th October, 1899) Votes: 0

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury. Votes: 0

In ancient Greece, politics and the market were not decoupled. Votes: 0

All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity. Votes: 0

Fear is the ghost of ancient.It consumes faithless human. Votes: 0

It is an ancient story Yet is it ever new. Votes: 0

If ancient tales say true, nor wrong these holy men. Votes: 0

There is no new knowledge, all is ancient and infinite Votes: 0

Oh dear, you are confusing molecular science with ancient history. Votes: 0

The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt. Votes: 0

In ancient times the greatest of the prophets were great musicians. Votes: 0

Astronomy is ... the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced. Votes: 0

Espousing the melancholy of ancient symbols, I would have freed myself. Votes: 0

I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts. Votes: 0

I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls, The burial-ground God's-Acre. Votes: 0

Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange. Votes: 0

Oh, God, puppy dog eyes. From a six-foot-five ancient Viking vampire. Votes: 0

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. Votes: 0

The ancient Greeks have a knack of wrapping truths in myths. Votes: 0

The world is ancient, but it has not lost its newness. Votes: 0

The ways of the mind are ancient, but you are timeless Votes: 0

This is our world now, and those ancient people are dead. Votes: 0

I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression. Votes: 0

A little part of my life is built around ancient art. Votes: 0

Doing a budget means learning an ancient and powerful word: NO. Votes: 0

one sank into the ancient sin of anomie when challenges failed. Votes: 0

My responsibility is to save Tibet, to protect its ancient cultural heritage. Votes: 0

Rising Sun jostles hard to evaporate doom filled clouds;hovering ancient land. Votes: 0

There is a very moving and ancient connection between cancer and depression. Votes: 0

Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe. Votes: 0

At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me. Votes: 0

We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests. Votes: 0

Slavery is also as ancient as war, and war as human nature. Votes: 0

Every sensitive person carries in himself old cities enclosed by ancient walls Votes: 0

We encounter great souls, who lived in historical times, in ancient books. Votes: 0

The devastation of the ancient Christian community in Iraq is well known. Votes: 0

I leaf through the ancient philosophers and find my newest discoveries there. Votes: 0

I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard. Votes: 0

I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment. Votes: 0

Still stands thine ancient sacrifice - An humble and a contrite heart. Votes: 0

my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender Votes: 0

Contempt for private wrongs was one of the features of ancient morals. Votes: 0

Very ancient parts of the brain are involved in moral decision making. Votes: 0

At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water Votes: 0

In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece. Votes: 0

Chârvâkas, a very ancient sect in India, were rank materialists. Votes: 0

Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines. Votes: 0

Women were forbidden to study the most ancient sacred text, the Veda, Votes: 0

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state. Votes: 0

I want to link together ancient forms of storytelling and the future. Votes: 0

Custom, though never so ancient, without truth, is but an old error. Votes: 0

Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion. Votes: 0

The ancient God created the old man, capable of erring--thus he erred himself. Votes: 0

And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. Votes: 0

The form language used by the ancient Egyptians in their structures is minimal. Votes: 0

The games of the ancient Greeks were, in their original institutions, religious solemnities. Votes: 0

Every dance I make is a dive into this well of ancient memory. Votes: 0

White IrisThe iris danced acrossthe ancient Grecian skiesgliding with her embossedsatiny milken sides ... Votes: 0

Centuries have not worm-eaten the solidity of this ancient furniture of the mind. Votes: 0

The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history. Votes: 0

Cloisters, ancient libraries ... I was confusing learning with the smell of cold stone. Votes: 0

The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking. Votes: 0

Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats. Votes: 0

Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank, The army of unalterable law. Votes: 0

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. Votes: 0

The ancient Apostles were common men, and that was part of their credential. Votes: 0

No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. Votes: 0

There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to. Votes: 0

From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting. Votes: 0

For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since ancient days. Votes: 0

The talking oak To the ancient spoke. But any tree Will talk to me. Votes: 0

We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.] Votes: 0

Blossom time has come and many ancient seekers are today getting their Self Realization. Votes: 0

I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek. Votes: 0

To the ancient Greeks the word, dikaiosini,justice was often synonymous with ekdikisis,vengeance. Votes: 0

Many ancient (and contemporary) societies considered the sexually awakened femaleas both auspicious and dangerous. Votes: 0

True myths, ancient and modern, stop time because they emerge from somewhere beyond time. Votes: 0

If atheism spread, it would become a religion as intolerable as the ancient ones. Votes: 0

I learned to interpret the ancient pictograph codices and read Nahuatl, the Aztec language. Votes: 0

I am now half Asian. I have learned all the ancient teachings of Buddi. Votes: 0

In ancient times the ritual, mythological and doctrinal aspects of spiritual space were predominant. Votes: 0

Who knows for sure how complex or how uncomplex the ancient people's lives were. Votes: 0

In Germany, a new sect shall be born which shall renew ancient pagan times. Votes: 0

'Contract' succeeded 'status' as the basic organising principle in modern political vs. ancient society. Votes: 0

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem. Votes: 0

I belong to an ancient, idle, wild, and useless tribe... I am a storyteller. Votes: 0

Every day, the dispensing of existence.... Its face is fierce and distant and ancient. Votes: 0

The vegetarian movement is an ancient movement and is not quite a modern one. Votes: 0

Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards. Votes: 0

Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries. Votes: 0

The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes! In hues of ancient promise there imprest... Votes: 0

Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries. Votes: 0

Prudence is one of the virtues which were called cardinal by the ancient ethical writers. Votes: 0

In ancient times they sacrificed the virgins. Men were not about to sacrifice the sluts! Votes: 0

In the ancient times, bards went around singing the epics, which were storehouses of philosophy. Votes: 0

The man who first gave history a recognized place in science was an ancient historian. Votes: 0

Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called rain. Votes: 0

Fire taps something ancient and vital in each of us, something both snarling and reverential. Votes: 0

Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable. Votes: 0

Let ancient times delight other folk, I rejoice that I was not born till now. Votes: 0

An ancient adage warns, "Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three. Votes: 0

When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art. Votes: 0

Trolling is an ancient problem. It's been around as long as there has been media. Votes: 0

Different cultural and geological references inspire the collection as seen in ancient tribes and tradition, Votes: 0

Throughout its history, Islam has borrowed and adapted from other civilizations, both ancient and modern. Votes: 0

Yesterday is as ancient as a millennia ago, because both are forever out of reach. Votes: 0

We are pieces of ancient Earth, bits of sacred story soaked in intellect and dirt. Votes: 0

O, from the ancient days always there have been travelers. So why should I grieve? Votes: 0

The earth is, like our own skin, fated to carry the scars of ancient wounds. Votes: 0

For the qualities of sheer wit and humor, Swift had no superior, ancient or modern. Votes: 0

I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new! Votes: 0

A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors. Votes: 0

These ancient stories in religion speak to our desire. But they move us toward hope. Votes: 0

I summon to the winding ancient stair; Set all your mind upon the steep ascent Votes: 0

This is not a dress. This is a sacred robe of the ancient psychedelic monks. Votes: 0

If you look at any ancient civilization, they've all used fantasy stories to train the young. Votes: 0

... ancient days of sorrowancient days of pain-heartaches of the pastslowly began to wane ...(from gleaning granules) Votes: 0

The ancient spiritual tradition is that God gives himself fully to us in silence and solitude. Votes: 0

Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers. Votes: 0

The shadows of twilight grow, And the tiger's ancient fierceness In my veins begins to flow. Votes: 0

Jesus appeared unto the ancient Nephites, in the northern part of what we call South America... Votes: 0

Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake. Votes: 0

"What was that technique you were using on those bastards?" "An ancient form called kicking ass." Votes: 0

Catharsis comes from the ancient Greek word...which literally translated means 'to pass a hard stool' Votes: 0

...is any history really all that ancient?...Doesn't every moment from the past affect the present? Votes: 0

I kept.. ..returning to the (ancient Roman) wall paintings with their veiled melancholy and elegant plasticity. Votes: 0

Sanskrit has ninety-six words for love; ancient Persian has eighty; Greek three; and English simply one. Votes: 0

... the ancient joy of helping the tribe to survive is constantly rekindled in the engineer's heart. Votes: 0

Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning. Votes: 0

I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman. Votes: 0

Forgive and be happy. That is the ancient secret?the only wisdom ever to be attained. Votes: 0

But that was the trouble with ancient artifacts - no one really knew what they did. Votes: 0

Alltami (n.) The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps. Votes: 0

It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers. Votes: 0

Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water - A deep resonance. Votes: 0

Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks. Votes: 0

The dust to which this flesh shall return, it is the ancient dreaming dust of God. Votes: 0

Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around. Votes: 0

The modern Agnostic improves upon the ancient by adding "I don't care" to "I don't know. Votes: 0

As the ancient myth makers knew, we are children equally of the earth and the sky Votes: 0

It is the stars, it is the ancient stars, it is the young and everlasting stars! Votes: 0

The interdependency of humankind, the relevance of relationship, the sacredness of creation is ancient, ancient wisdom. Votes: 0

I would like to be a philosopher in ancient Athens and a poet in ancient China. Votes: 0

Some ruins of ancient times are much more beautiful than the best buildings of modern eras! Votes: 0

If all the ancient sacred writings had been preserved, some would be found to be heretical. Votes: 0

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. Votes: 0

The sweet smell of the South, of Camellias and Azaleas, clings to Beaufort's ancient and historic buildings. Votes: 0

THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science. Votes: 0

The Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich. Votes: 0

The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. Votes: 0

When you're 16, 30 seems ancient. When you're 30, 45 seems ancient. When you're 45, 60 seems ancient. When you're 60, nothing seems ancient. Votes: 0

Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum. Votes: 0

The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing. Votes: 0

I shave every day with an ancient manual razor. It was my father's, and I love it. Votes: 0

Everything comes from your own heart. This is what one ancient called bringing out the family treasure. Votes: 0

Jesus had a universal concern for those who suffered that transcended the rules of the ancient world. Votes: 0

There's something ancient and inevitable about this desire to do whatever you can to protect your child. Votes: 0

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in. Votes: 0

Part of my attraction to ancient art is that there is an element of risk, of speculation. Votes: 0

In the ancient world and, above all, among the Greeks, human nature was held in high esteem. Votes: 0

A phone tree isn't an ancient form of political organizing, but you have to call every person. Votes: 0

Sports is to war as pornography is to sex. We get to exercise some ancient, ancient drives. Votes: 0

In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization. Votes: 0

Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb. Votes: 0

The Artist, an ancient sage had once said, is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich. Votes: 0

An ancient dictum says that when Zeus wanted to destroy someone, he would first drive him mad. Votes: 0

Medieval and ancient sensibility now dominates our time as acoustic and multisensory awareness displaces the merely visual. Votes: 0

Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating. Votes: 0

The tantras are ancient sacred books of India and Tibet. The tantras detail specific means for attaining liberation. Votes: 0

The tantras are ancient sacred books of India and Tibet. The tantras detail specific means for attaining liberation. Votes: 0

But that woman is an encyclopedia!Of all vices, ancient and modern, and terribly interesting to leaf through! Votes: 0

Those whom we call ancient were really new in all things, and properly constituted the infancy of mankind. Votes: 0

[we have]taming of an ancient disease [malaria] that over the centuries has killed untold millions of people. Votes: 0

Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something. Votes: 0

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical. Votes: 0

The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable. Votes: 0

The resurrection is a fact better attested than any event recorded in any history, whether ancient or modern. Votes: 0

Every Black woman in America lives her life somewhere along a wide curve of ancient and unexpressed angers. Votes: 0

In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education. Votes: 0

All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon Votes: 0

According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat Votes: 0

We're going through a kind of ancient, barbaric war dance now - it's almost an ultimate in absurdity. Votes: 0

All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient. Votes: 0

But why should I cast myself in the ancient female part of victim of men's plots and passions? Votes: 0

Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law. Votes: 0

Many an ancient lord's last words have been, 'You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh.' Votes: 0

The simple dignity of a child drinking a bowl of milk embodies the fascination of an ancient rite. Votes: 0

Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal. Votes: 0

According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Votes: 0

Each of his phrases was rather like a little ancient island, inundated by a miniature sea of whiskey. Votes: 0

I think we [with Riccardo Tisci] share a sensibility about art - we pull from the ancient future. Votes: 0

I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets...the ancient world like that was pretty astounding. Votes: 0

Cookery is naturally the most ancient of the arts, as of all arts it is the most important. Votes: 0

Let us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn. Votes: 0

Not unless I do all these ancient and Italian or French or Baroque in the beginnning, I do German. Votes: 0

Every trace of the old philosophy and literatureof the ancient world has vanished from the face of the earth. Votes: 0

When I was growing up I spent a lot of time reading about ancient China and was really fascinated. Votes: 0

By practice and conviction formed, With ancient stubbornness ingrained, Although her body clung and swarmed, My own identity remained. Votes: 0

The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising. Votes: 0

Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public. Votes: 0

And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself," and the modern precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim. Votes: 0

Difficulty" is the name of an ancient tool that was created purely to help us define who we are. Votes: 0

Touch is... one of the most ancient transactions, a defiance of the plasma membrane and the loneliness it brought. Votes: 0

The latest authors, like the most ancient, strove to subordinate the phenomena of nature to the laws of mathematics. Votes: 0

The rose has told In one simplicity That never life Relinquishes a bloom But to bestow An ancient confidence. Votes: 0

Ask counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest. Votes: 0

We should greatly err, if we endeavoured to force all ancient nature into a close comparison with existing operations. Votes: 0

Should one point out that from ancient times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end? Votes: 0

Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood. Votes: 0

It is a hundred-year-old witch book, bound in human skin and probably written in ancient cum...YOU lick it! Votes: 0

If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. Votes: 0

Down the ancient corridors through the gates of time, run the ghosts of dreams that we have left behind. Votes: 0

Look at every Zion society from ancient times to present, and you find at its center love for others. Votes: 0

Mythology is not religion. It may rather be regarded as the ancient substitute, the poetical counterpart, for dogmatic theology. Votes: 0

Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. Votes: 0

Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it. Votes: 0

The Galapagos Islands provide a window on time. In a geologic sense, the islands are young, yet they appear ancient. Votes: 0

My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort. Votes: 0

And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets? Votes: 0

There is no English surname, however ancient and dignified, that cannot instantly be improved by the prefix ‘Spanker’. Votes: 0

It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts. Votes: 0

History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television. Votes: 0

According to ancient mythology, trees link the Earth to the sky. In this respect trees link humans to another world. Votes: 0

The unwelcome November rain had perversely stolen the day's last hour and pawned it with that ancient fence, the night. Votes: 0

I'm Welsh. We didn't do 'Peter Pan.' We have far more ancient legends to be put to sleep with. Votes: 0

Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind. Votes: 0

An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens' profit. Votes: 0

All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others. Votes: 0

Ayurvedic medicine is ancient, and its resurgence is necessary because we do need the proper balance in our medical approach. Votes: 0

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required. Votes: 0

I love Paris for its wide boulevards and cafes, and Rome for the ancient history, as seen at the Forum. Votes: 0

Those who brush off the Biblical accounts as "ancient fiction" and "legends" only reveal their ignorance of these archaeological discoveries. Votes: 0

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. Votes: 0

The true cause of hatred and violence is faith versus faith, an outward expression of the ancient instinct of tribalism. Votes: 0

I'm always researching ancient religions, and I was also raised Jehovah's Witness, so that kind of scarred me for life. Votes: 0

Each of us has the ability to act powerfully for change; together we can restore that ancient and sustaining harmony. Votes: 0

I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history. Votes: 0

Abstract words are ancient coins whose concrete images in the give and take of talk have worn away with use. Votes: 0

It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor. Votes: 0

The system of morality to be gathered from the ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel. Votes: 0

I didn't have an identity. It was manufactured. My identity now? It was written on the wall by ancient forces. Votes: 0

To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream. Votes: 0

There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited. Votes: 0

It's a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part! Votes: 0

If ancient descent could confer nobility, the lower forms of life would possess it in a greater degree than man. Votes: 0

There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book. Votes: 0

One of the author's most ancient roles is to call the community to account for its hypocrisies and bad faith ... Votes: 0

Where there is the tree of knowledge, there is always Paradise: so say the most ancient and most modern serpents. Votes: 0

Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die. Votes: 0

When you set aside the mantle of control in the painting process, images arise from ancient layers of the psyche. Votes: 0

There is an abundance of ancient place names in the Ukraine and Poland, which derive from 'Khazar' or 'Zhid' (Jew). Votes: 0

In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant. Votes: 0

A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is torn to rags; the rest is entirely out of fashion. Votes: 0

I write about times and places I would visit in a time machine, like ancient Rome or the Wild West. Votes: 0

It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy former one. Votes: 0

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science. Votes: 0

On Mars, the crumbling remains of ancient civilizations may be found, mutely testifying to the one-time glory of a dying world. Votes: 0

Legacy of cultures passed on from ancient to medieval era, from middle ages to present time through the seasons of dance. Votes: 0

The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes. Votes: 0

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind. Votes: 0

You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it. Votes: 0

There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed. Votes: 0

An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger's saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square, Outlasts the whole forest. Votes: 0

Not one drop of blood is left inside my veins that does not throb: I recognize signs of the ancient flame. Votes: 0

The very word baptize, however, signifies to immerse; and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the ancient church. Votes: 0

I know ours is a world made by men for men, their dictatorship is so ancient it even extends to language. Votes: 0

Winter always turns into Spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone heard or seen of winter turning back to autumn. Votes: 0

I had always been an enthusiastic reader of stuff about ancient Greece. I would read Herodotus and Thucydides just for fun. Votes: 0

An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand. Votes: 0

Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome. Votes: 0

The ancient dialogue between reason and the senses is almost always more interestingly and passionately resolved in favor of the senses. Votes: 0

The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center. Votes: 0

Implosion is no invention in the conventional sense, but rather the renaissance of ancient knowledge, lost over the course of time. Votes: 0

The fast paced nature of our technologically-driven world seems to create issues that would appear to be foreign to ancient civilization. Votes: 0

Love is an endless ocean, with no beginning or end. Imagine, a suspended ocean, riding on a cushion of ancient secrets. Votes: 0

It's an ancient and honorable term for the final step in any engineering project. Turn it on, see if it smokes. Votes: 0

The sight of so many ruins destroys any desire to build shanties; all this ancient dust makes one indifferent to fame. Votes: 0

The ancient path of communion with God is knowing what He's really like. And prayer is simply keeping company with God. Votes: 0

We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake. Votes: 0

I am very interested in and that is what Sun Tzu in his ancient Chinese text calls The Art of War. Votes: 0

The code of Hammurabi in ancient Babylon prescribed this punishment for a doctor convicted of inept surgery: amputation of the hands. Votes: 0

There are some things that are as ancient as time, and knowing when a man desires you is one of those. Votes: 0

New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth. Votes: 0

Men must speak English who can write Sanskrit; they must speak a modern language who write, perchance, an ancient and universal one. Votes: 0

Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient Wisdom delighted to convey its precepts, for the regulation of life and manners. Votes: 0

Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island. Votes: 0

I think writers from both East and West have long been fascinated by the ancient tales and the opportunity to reinterpret them. Votes: 0

Truth is not truth merely because it is ancient. Nor is truth necessarily to be regarded with suspicion because it is ancient. Votes: 0

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era. Votes: 0

There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given. Votes: 0

An English homegrey twilight poured On dewy pasture, dewy trees, Softer than sleepall things in order stored, A haunt of ancient Peace. Votes: 0

Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable way to human independence Votes: 0

I remember going to a monastery library when I was very young and being surrounded by ancient books. I fell in love. Votes: 0

...yes, in the obscured sky a moon does float, newly, a wishing moon, a sliver of ancient rock, a goddess, a wink. Votes: 0

Ye lover of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief, take my advice and visit the ancient town of Crieff. Votes: 0

Three young cats with starlight in their eyes and the whisper of ancient wind in their fur." -Rock, Cats of the Clans Votes: 0

There's a bit of ancient wisdom that appeals to us: it's a saying that a fight starts only with the second blow. Votes: 0

The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization. Votes: 0

Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time. Votes: 0

It was better to be in chains with friends than in a garden with strangers. [An ancient Persian proverb.] So true, huh? Votes: 0

Somewhere there is an ancient enmity between our daily life and the great work. Help me in saying it, to understand it. Votes: 0

Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society. Votes: 0

General..behold the future of weaponry.""What the hell I am seeing here, Colonel?""It's..technologart of ancient weaponry, Sir!""It's..what? Votes: 0

...we are custodians of deep and ancient thresholds. In the human face you see that potential and the miracle of undying possibility. Votes: 0

Immortals are constrained by ancient rules. But a hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.-Chiron Votes: 0

We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one. Votes: 0

Things thought too long can be no longer thought, For beauty dies of beauty, worth of worth, And ancient lineaments are blotted out. Votes: 0

No tame animal has lost less of its native dignity or maintained more of its ancient reserve. The domestic cat might rebel tomorrow. Votes: 0

Each man deciphers from the ancient alphabets of nature only those secrets that his own deeps possess the power to endow with meaning. Votes: 0

For the ancient Greeks, the ultimate test of the educational system was the moral and political quality of the students that it produced Votes: 0

I am studying ancient civilizations, trying to find what happened to them, finding out why they went into a decline, why they died. Votes: 0

The practice of meditation is an ancient practice. It's been practiced in many lands, for many lifetimes. You may have practiced it before. Votes: 0

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. Votes: 0

With respect to the doctrine of a future life, a North American Indian knows just as much as any ancient or modern philosopher. Votes: 0

Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr. Votes: 0

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt. Votes: 0

The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war. Votes: 0

The ancient Egyptians used to say: if you say a man's name, he is alive. I take this opportunity to say, Jim Morrison. Votes: 0

We have assembled inside this ancient / and insane theatre / To propagate our lust for life / and flee the swarming wisdom / of the streets Votes: 0

I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and cool. Votes: 0

The Jungian view of drama would be that it affects all of our imaginations and somehow taps into our hidden, ancient, primordial memories. Votes: 0

It's wrong to look at what we call 'Enlightenment values' as some fad of the 18th century. It's deeply rooted in ancient history. Votes: 0

There is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New Testament. Votes: 0

England! awake! awake! awake! Jerusalem thy sister calls! Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death And close her from thy ancient walls? Votes: 0

The reason why the music [jazz] is important is because it's an art form-an ancient art form-that takes in the mythology of our people. Votes: 0

It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives. Votes: 0

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, we have felt that there was a close relationship between a strong vital mind and physical fitness. Votes: 0

The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. Votes: 0

In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible. Votes: 0

We don't live in an ancient era. Today, collaboration doesn't mean two singers standing next to each other at the mic to sing together. Votes: 0

The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes. Votes: 0

Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song. Votes: 0

And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? Votes: 0

A fruitfly is ancient in 40 days, a mouse at 3 years, a horse at 30, a man at 100, and some species of tortoises not until 150 years. Votes: 0

After all, it is an ancient and valuable right of the English people to turn their nouns into verbs when they are so minded. Votes: 0

Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depressions in the world consciousness. Votes: 0

I am neither modern nor ancient - just contemporary, as every Guru was. If one is not relevant for today, what is the point? Votes: 0

A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it? Votes: 0

To make an artwork good enough to enter people's hearts is like what ancient Chinese called 'making stone into gold.' It is alchemy. Votes: 0

Sound has spoiled the most ancient of the world's arts, the art of pantomime, and has canceled out the great beauty that is silence. Votes: 0

She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless. Votes: 0

Love is a very ancient force, which served its purpose in its day but no longer is essential for the survival of the species. Votes: 0

I was born in 1952 in Chidambaram, an ancient temple town in Tamil Nadu best known for its temple of Nataraja, the lord of dance. Votes: 0

War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify the people. Votes: 0

I believe in racial memory too. I'm sure I've got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am. Votes: 0

A classic is the term given to any book which comes to represent the whole universe, a book on a par with ancient talismans. Votes: 0

One reads thousands of books, of poets, modern and ancient, as one meets thousands of people. What remains of it all is hard to tell. Votes: 0

Out of our deepest memories come the forgotten forms of the past, given new life by the living sentience of an ancient and eternal forest. Votes: 0

The cold stars spun to the ancient rhythm, the august march of an everlasting symphony. They are old, the stars, and their memory is long. Votes: 0

Words are the wellspring of the world, and language is the most powerful weapon in the ancient and still unfolding war between truth and lies. Votes: 0

In ancient Boeotia brides were carried home in vehicles whose wheels were burned at the door, in token, that they would never again be needed. Votes: 0

I prefer a positive view of freedom, drawing on another tradition of political thinking that goes all the way back to the ancient Greek polis. Votes: 0

Peering, I heard the hooves come down the hill. The posse passed, twelve horse; the leader's face Was worn as limestone on an ancient sill. Votes: 0

There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from. Votes: 0

I do not know where to find in any literature, whether ancient or modern, any adequate account of that Nature with which I am acquainted. Votes: 0

I should know, for I am Morgaine le Fay, priestess of the Isle of Avalon, where the ancient religion of the Mother Goddess is born. Votes: 0

The plan of "counting the chickens before they are hatched" is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age. Votes: 0

Now I no longer live in our clear, rational world; I live in the ancient nightmare world, the world of square roots of minus one. Votes: 0

Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it today because it is not of today. Votes: 0

Suzhou is an ancient city full of old gardens that are very famous in China. It is very beautiful. Plus, I met my boyfriend there! Votes: 0

The ancient Greeks kept women athletes out of their games. They wouldn't even let them on the sidelines. I'm not sure but that they were right. Votes: 0

Graphic design is a popular art and a practical art, an applied art and an ancient art. Simply put, it is the art of visualizing ideas. Votes: 0

It's like the spiders are sharing an ancient secret with me, and that's why I'm going to spend the rest of my life studying spider silk. Votes: 0

The Devil has the broadest perspectives for God; therefore, he keeps so far away from God -- the Devil being the most ancient friend of wisdom Votes: 0

It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger. Votes: 0

The reason why the ancient world was so pure, light and serene was that it knew nothing of the two great scourges : the pox and Christianity. Votes: 0

An ancient proverb summed it up when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he is tired of life. Votes: 0

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold. Votes: 0

It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish spirit. Votes: 0

A road trip with your ancient mommy is just what you need after falling off a mountain and having your soul ripped out by your best friend. Votes: 0

Your touch has still its ancient power, No word from You can fruitless fall; Hear, in this solemn evening hour, And in Your mercy heal us all. Votes: 0

If in the library of your house you do not have the works of the ancient Greek writers, then you live in a house with no light. Votes: 0

We have more to learn today from the spectacle of a great man at a great moment than from any number of monographs on ancient wage levels. Votes: 0

Come near; I would, before my time to go, Sing of old Eire and the ancient ways: Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days. Votes: 0

To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really an ancient vibration. Votes: 0

A picture is a work of art, not because it is 'modern,' nor because it is 'ancient,' but because it is a sincere expression of human feeling. Votes: 0

The shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water. Votes: 0

I see a city in the desert lies The vanity of an ancient king But the city lies in broken pieces While the wind howls and the vultures sing Votes: 0

Too late came I to love you, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! Too late came I to love you - and behold you were with me all the time . . . Votes: 0