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Letter "A" » An Ancient
«It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.»
«I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste»
«According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat»
Author: Moliere
(Actor, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Food,
Philosophy
| Keywords:
according, An Ancient, philosopher
«Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.»
Author: Bible
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An Ancient
«BERENICE'S HAIR, n. A constellation (_Coma Berenices_) named in honor of one who sacrificed her hair to save her husband.Her locks an ancient lady gave Her loving husband's life to save; And men --they honored so the dame -- Upon some stars bestowed her name.But to our modern married fair, Who'd give their lords to save their hair, No stellar recognition's given. There are not stars enough in heaven. --G.J.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
An Ancient, bestowed, constellation, dame, honored, locks, sacrificed, stellar
«DRUIDS, n. Priests and ministers of an ancient Celtic religion which did not disdain to employ the humble allurement of human sacrifice. Very little is now known about the Druids and their faith. Pliny says their religion, originating in Britain, spread eastward as far as Persia. Caesar says those who desired to study its mysteries went to Britain. Caesar himself went to Britain, but does not appear to have obtained any high preferment in the Druidical Church, although his talent for human sacrifice was considerable. Druids performed their religious rites in groves, and knew nothing of church mortgages and the season-ticket system of pew rents. They were, in short, heathens and --as they were once complacently catalogued by a distinguished prelate of the Church of England --Dissenters.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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«Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Football
| Keywords:
academe, academies, academy, Academy A, An Ancient, modern philosophy, Modern School, n a, The academy
«Christmas was close at hand, in all his bluff and hearty honesty; it was the season of hospitality, merriment, and open-heartedness; the old year was preparing, like an ancient philosopher, to call his friends around him, and amidst the sound of feasting and revelry to pass gently and calmly away.»
Author: Charles Dickens
| Keywords:
An Ancient, bluff, bluffer, close at hand, feasting, hospitality, Open Season, preparing, revelry
«It is an ancient mariner, / And he stoppeth one of three.»
Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(Critic, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
Ancient Mariner, An Ancient, mariner, mariners
«An ancient proverb summed it up: when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he is tired of life.»
Author: Terry Pratchett
(Writer)
| Keywords:
An Ancient, Broken Glass, glass in, proverb, ran, summed, wizard
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