From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be.
Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.
A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.
The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island.
Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature.
Medical research in the twentieth century mostly takes place in the lab; in the Renaissance, though, researchers went first and foremost to the library to see what the ancients had said.
Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today.
Rising Sun jostles hard to evaporate doom filled clouds;hovering ancient land.
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
King Tiernan scowled at the mess his father had gotten him into...all because the heartless man had to die. Hawk fae kings were to immediately marry as soon as they were seated on the throne and a suitable bride could be found... Legend had it that t...
Those who have not learned to read the ancient classics in the language in which they were written must have a very imperfect knowledge of the history of the human race; for it is remarkable that no transcript of them has ever been made into any mode...
The stories in this book link an ancient story with the children's stories. Rather than medical case reports based on certainty of what scientists currently understand, they are simply an attempt to be faithful to what I have heard. In this sense, th...
I remember the very day, sometime during the first two weeks of my five-year amorous sojourn in Brutland, when I was made privy to one of the most arcane of their utterings. The time was ripe for that major epiphany, my initiation into the sacred kno...
And he recalled the ancient adage: Who must do the harsh things? He who can.
Be open to ideas and thoughts you disagree with. It will unleash a debate in your mind and soul.
It is said some lives are linked across time. Connected by an ancient calling that echoes through the ages. Destiny.
Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.
There is a very moving and ancient connection between cancer and depression.
Many ancient (and contemporary) societies considered the sexually awakened female as both auspicious and dangerous.
I don't go in for ancient wisdom I don't believe just 'cos ideas are tenacious it means they're worthy
Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.
