Ancient Times Quotes: top 38 famous quotes about Ancient Times

Ancient Times Quotes & Sayings

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Everything that occurs in the world, in every epoch, has something that corresponds to it in ancient times. — Niccolo Machiavelli

I remember," someone said, "how in ancient times one could turn a wolf into a human and then lecture it to one's heart's content. — Charles Simic

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

Look at every Zion society from ancient times to present, and you find at its center love for others. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

Since ancient times artists and architects have seen in the golden mean the most aesthetically satisfying geometric ratio. — Stephen M. Barr

In our corruption we perceive beauties unrevealed to ancient times. — Charles Baudelaire

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. — Ovid

Ignorance of nature's ways led people in ancient times to invent gods to lord it over every aspect of human life. — Stephen Hawking

She's an old lady from times back. Her clothes have the smell of her sheep and that rusty smell of the ancient trunk in which she keeps her things. — Denys Johnson-Davies

Rising Sun jostles hard to evaporate doom filled clouds;hovering ancient land. — Aniruddha Sastikar

In ancient times they sacrificed the virgins. Men were not about to sacrifice the sluts! — Bill Maher

We travel to ancient times by reading history books. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Is it not true that in ancient times the worst punishment of all was not death, but banishment? — Jean Said Makdisi

In the ancient times, bards went around singing the epics, which were storehouses of philosophy. — Amish Tripathi

Being gay was a bit like the Olympics: It disappeared in ancient times, and then they brought it back in the twentieth century. — Nick Hornby

I write about times and places I would visit in a time machine, like ancient Rome or the Wild West. — Caroline Lawrence

Even in prosperous times the living robbed the dead — Jocelyn Murray

In ancient times the greatest of the prophets were great musicians. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

In ancient times the ritual, mythological and doctrinal aspects of spiritual space were predominant. — Tom Turner

From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting. — Brad Meltzer

At times, look back towards your ancient days, drink deep from the eternal fountain of wisdom long gone, and then look ahead. — Abhijit Naskar

Let ancient times delight other folk, I rejoice that I was not born till now. — Ovid

In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come to Perfection! — Laozi

Spying has always gone on since ancient times. — Vladimir Putin

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. — Terry Pratchett

Doctors of ancient times used to recommend reading to their patients as a physical exercise on an equal level as walking, running, or ball-playing. — Jean Leclercq

Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating. — Peter Singer

Some ruins of ancient times are much more beautiful than the best buildings of modern eras! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Should one point out that from ancient times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end? — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

In ancient British times, the whole country belonged to tribes, and the tribes owned their several districts. At the head of each tribe was the chief. — Sabine Baring-Gould

In Germany, a new sect shall be born which shall renew ancient pagan times. — Nostradamus

Launches the reader into a story of science and ancient mystery that will blow your mind: [From New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston] — Douglas Preston

History of India From Ancient Times to the 20th Century by William W. Hunter — William W. Hunter

We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times.
[Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.] — Tacitus

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies. — Stephen Leacock

Take her home. And-"
"Say nothing- yes, yes, I heard you the first seven hundred times," Myrnin said, much too sharply. "I'm ancient. I'm not deaf. — Rachel Caine

In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education. — Barack Obama

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