Ancient English Quotes: top 24 famous quotes about Ancient English

Ancient English Quotes & Sayings

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The only thing that the psychically-human being can do to improve society is to present society with one improved unit. — Albert J. Nock

In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names. — Mortimer Adler

Songs are not on a conveyor belt. I'm not chopping them up and putting them out. — Maxwell

After all, it is an ancient and valuable right of the English people to turn their nouns into verbs when they are so minded. — Henry Watson Fowler

[M]an has as much liberty as he is willing to take. — Emma Goldman

I'm probably more into a more spacious, even meditative, quiet delivery of singing. — Dan Bejar

I wasn't always someone who was talented. It was more that I was loud and loved a challenge. — Jessie J.

People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same relationship to standard English as contemporary Hebrew does to ancient Hebrew. — John McWhorter

I have the most lovely, healthy bouncing baby, she was all very compact and the right size. — Anna Friel

An English homegrey twilight poured On dewy pasture, dewy trees, Softer than sleepall things in order stored, A haunt of ancient Peace. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

Does anyone here speak English? Or even Ancient Greek?
- A very lost Marcus Brody — Rob MacGregor

Someone can only fade away if there's nothing left for them. But there's me and you. We'll always be something strong enough to keep you going. — Calia Read

God fails not to sow blessings in the furrows. — Jeremy Taylor

People think if you have money, it'll fix the problems, but it creates different ones. — Gabriel Iglesias

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork. — Ken Auletta

On those days when I can spend a few hours getting some understanding, I feel fulfilled. I feel as if I have made good use of my time. — Dalai Lama

Beauty is the wilderness of sensual perception where we always want to get lost. — Debasish Mridha

Fuckyou-ish?" "The English dialect of the ancient language 'fuckyou.' Very old. Dignified even. — Celia Kyle

Let your light shine so brightly that it chases shadows away. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Sarie is such a comely girl," he said to them, "even the evil spirits will be heartbroken to see her hurt."- King Chuka — Ray Anyasi

Sanskrit has ninety-six words for love; ancient Persian has eighty; Greek three; and English simply one. — Robert Johnson

It's a neighborhood where every dad has at least one job and where parents often end conversations with the words: no guts, no glory. — Michael Jay

Men must speak English who can write Sanskrit; they must speak a modern language who write, perchance, an ancient and universal one. — Henry David Thoreau

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required. — W. H. Auden