Famous quotes containing the word oldest:
“It is my contention that civil disobedients are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.”
—Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)
“A stranger may easily detect what is strange to the oldest inhabitant, for the strange is his province.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)