Famous quotes containing the words early, egyptians and/or knew:
“Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. The Egyptians became ruthless in imposing tasks on the Israelites...”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 1:12,13.
“We knew their line invincible
because there fell
on them no shiverings
of the white enchantress,
radiant Aphrodite’s spell.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)