Famous quotes containing the words antediluvian, timing and/or period:
“We confess that we never had much respect for that antediluvian race.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A great man always considers the timing before he acts.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The Good of man is the active exercise of his soul’s faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue.... Moreover this activity must occupy a complete lifetime; for one swallow does not make spring, nor does one fine day; and similarly one day or a brief period of happiness does not make a man supremely blessed and happy.”
—Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)