Centuries

Famous quotes containing the word centuries:

“Without centuries of Christian antisemitism, Hitler’s passionate hatred would never have been so fervently echoed.”
—Robert Runcie (b. 1921)

“But often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)

“Isolate city spread alongside water,
Posted with white towers, she keeps her face
Half-turned to Europe, lonely northern daughter,
Holding through centuries her separate place.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)