Famous quotes containing the words temple of, temple and/or literature:
“Thou shalt make thy house
The temple of a nations vows.
Spirits of a higher strain
Who sought thee once shall seek again.
I detected many a god
Forth already on the road,
Ancestors of beauty come
In thy breast to make a home.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“[T]he temple through which alone lies the road to that of Liberty.”
—James Madison (17511836)
“The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesnt make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.”
—Gertrude Stein (18741946)