Famous quotes containing the words ancient and/or documents:
“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)
“The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out what they really had to face instead of chopping logic in a university classroom.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)