Famous quotes containing the words epic and/or tradition:
“The epic of disbelief
Blares oftener and soon, will soon be constant.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“If we are related, we shall meet. It was a tradition of the ancient world, that no metamorphosis could hide a god from a god; and there is a Greek verse which runs, “The Gods are to each other not unknown.” Friends also follow the laws of divine necessity; they gravitate to each other, and cannot otherwise.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)