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«I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix; angel-headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dyn»
«Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath.»
«In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.»
«In unsettled times like these, when world cultures, countries and religions are facing off in violent confrontations, we could benefit from the reminder that storytelling is common to all civilizations. Whether in the form of a sprawling epic or a pointed ballad, the story is our most ancient method of making sense out of experience and of preserving the past.»
«Incidentally, disturbance from cosmic background radiation is something we have all experienced. Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive, and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang. The next time you complain that there is nothing on, remember that you can always watch the birth of the universe.»
«I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste»
«He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul . . . He was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.»
«I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new!»
«Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: ancient, date, divorce, weeks
«Hear the voice of the Bard! / Who present, past, and future sees; / Whose ears have heard/ The Holy Word / That walked among the ancient trees.»

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