Era/etymology

Famous quotes containing the words era and/or etymology:

“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.”
—Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)