List of Places in Guatemala - Ancient Cities and Important Ruins

Famous quotes containing the words ancient, cities, important and/or ruins:

“With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.”
—Bible: Hebrew Job 12:12.

“In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to the making of fortunes; and for all the rest they are careless of neighbours. Christianity teaches us to love our neighbour as ourself; modern society acknowledges no neighbour.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)

“Death does determine life.... Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous. However, to be sincere I must add that for me death is important only if it is not justified and rationalized by reason. For me death is the maximum of epicness and death.”
—Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975)

“No country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace as the American.”
—Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977)