#ancient

If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#ancient rome #better #considered #dictate #foolish

No account of the Renaissance can be complete without some notice of the attempt made by certain Italian scholars of the fifteenth century to reconcile Christianity with the religion of ancient Greece. ↗

— Walter Pater

#ancient #attempt #century #certain #christianity

After all, you're not exactly a nation like all the other nations. You are unique, if only because you are such an ancient people, and because of the way you are spread all over the world and your obvious success in many fields. ↗

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

#ancient #because #exactly #fields #like

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth. ↗

— Francis Picabia

#error #knowledge #reflecting #youth

Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards. ↗

— Robert Burton

#ancient #bastards #been #every #families

We're going through a kind of ancient, barbaric war dance now - it's almost an ultimate in absurdity. ↗

— Clark M. Clifford

#almost #ancient #barbaric #dance #going

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

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

— Mikhail Saakashvili

#countries #country #european #european countries #georgia

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