Famous quotes containing the words dark age, dark, age and/or book:
“They have slapped into the American mind more human misinformation in one evening than the Dark Ages could muster in a decade.”
—Ben Hecht (1893–1964)
“I thought of all that worked dark pits
Of war, and died
Digging the rock where Death reputes
Peace lies indeed.”
—Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)
“Mee of these
Nor skilld nor studious, higher Argument
Remaines, sufficient of it self to raise
That name, unless an age too late, or cold
Climat, or Years damp my intended wing
Deprest, and much they may, if all be mine,
Not Hers who brings it nightly to my Ear.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
“It is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)