Ancient Quotes

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.

The Temple of Diana is in the vicinity of the fountain, which has given rise to the conjecture that it originally constituted a portion of the ancient baths.

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

In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.

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

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

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

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

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

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

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

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

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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