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

The dumpling is indeed of more ancient institution, and of foreign origin; but alas, what were those dumplings? Nothing but a few lentils sodden toge….

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Back in the day, you'd walk down to a street corner and see some people making a story with a hat in front of them. It's ancient entertainment, ancie….

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

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

Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's tim….

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work..

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

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

There is nothing more ancient than the truth..

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

We as black have to remind ourselves that we are a great people and we come from a great lineage. How can we say that we were Kings and Queens during….

China is the largest and most ancient of Asiatic countries, but it is not for us boastfully to talk of her right to a position of 'leadership' among ….