North Oracle Road

Famous quotes containing the words north, oracle and/or road:

    —Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
    Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
    The dogs bark, my beard is black, and I stare
    At the North Pole. . .
    And now what? Why, go back.

    Turn as I please, my step is to the south.
    Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)

    Know thyself.
    —Inscription on the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, Greece, 6th century B.C.....

    A broad-backed ox can be driven straight on his road even by a small goad.
    Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)