Ash Tradition

Famous quotes containing the words ash and/or tradition:

“Thoth, Hermes, the stylus,
the palette, the pen, the quill endure,
though our books are a floor
of smouldering ash under our feet.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.”
—Allan Bloom (1930–1992)