#ancient

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that "ancient institution" the old one. ↗

— Douglas Jerrold

#conservative #institution #look #man #moon

As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indian villages in the Midwest and in the Southwest. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#archeological #digging #digs #experience #go

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#authority #balance #between #central #central authority

Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#christian #ideal #more #much #nay

We are so fortunate, as Australians, to have among us the oldest continuing cultures in human history. Cultures that link our nation with deepest antiquity. We have Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley that is as ancient as the great Palaeolithic cave paintings at Altamira and Lascaux in Europe. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#among #ancient #antiquity #art #australians

Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries. ↗

— Mikhail Saakashvili

#countries #country #european #european countries #georgia

Jews don't care about ancient rivalries. We worry about humidity in Miami. ↗

— Evan Sayet

#ancient #care #humidity #jews #miami

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#ancient #battle #before #commander #era

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#because #christianity #grotesque #more #mystical

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#being #especially #incomprehensible #languages #method