Famous quotes containing the words history of the, history of, history, golden and/or age:
“He wrote in prison, not a History of the World, like Raleigh, but an American book which I think will live longer than that. I do not know of such words, uttered under such circumstances, and so copiously withal, in Roman or English or any history.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Universal history is the history of a few metaphors.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
“Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its influence and its place, just as our body will pass into the composition of grass, of sheep, of cutlets, and of men. We do not like that kind of immortality, but what is to be done about it?”
—Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)
“The Golden Rule of Parenting is: Do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!”
—Louise Hart (20th century)
“When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.”
—John Mortimer (b. 1923)