Graves/history

Famous quotes containing the words graves and/or history:

    “The guileless old scapegoat;
    For forty nights and days
    Followed in Jesus’ ways,
    Sure guard behind Him kept,
    Tears like a lover wept.”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)

    “The whole history of civilisation is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.”
    —Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)