Famous quotes containing the word ancient:
“At length they all to merry London came,
To merry London, my most kindly nurse,
That to me gave this life’s first native source;
Though from another place I take my name,
An house of ancient fame.”
—Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
“Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days!
Come near me, while I sing the ancient ways:
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—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“There is an ancient saying, which is a true one—”To fight against two opponents is a difficult thing.””
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)