Prehistoric Italy/bronze Age

Famous quotes containing the words prehistoric, italy, bronze and/or age:

    “Of course
    the New Testament is very small.
    Its mouth opens four times
    as out-of-date as a prehistoric monster,
    yet somehow man-made....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand ... borders upon insanity and absurdity—or at least is reminiscent of childhood.”
    —Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)

    “Both nuns and mothers worship images,
    But those the candles light are not as those
    That animate a mother’s reveries,
    But keep a marble or a bronze repose.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “In every age the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among demagogues.”
    —Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)