#ancient

Conformity is deformity ↗

— Sharon Desruisseaux

#cleopatra #egypt #historical #historical-fiction #isis

I froze all night. My back’s killing me. I want home, and I’m scared to death. But I guess the view makes it all worth it.” “You’re funny,” Angel said ↗

— Jayde Scott

#death

The strands (the gods) weave out of our mortal lives are like a pattern visible only from the heavens; we here on earth can only guess at their designs ↗

— Steven Saylor

#design

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words, "And this too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#impermanence #men

The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt. ↗

— Robert A. Dahl

#chamber #considerable #doubt #future #remains

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme. ↗

— John Carpenter

#ancient #evil #hiding #theme #us

According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time. ↗

— Grazia Deledda

#ancient #bodies #born #christmas #christmas eve

Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the law presumes to be genuine, and devolves on the opposing party the burden of proving it to be otherwise. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

#apparently #bearing #burden #coming #custody

Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them. ↗

— Norman Lamm

#aristotle #authority #bother #conventional #correct

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste. ↗

— Guru Nanak

#ancient #any #caste #child #i