Famous quotes containing the words empire, age and/or discovery:
“An empire is an immense egotism.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The great wars of the present age are the effects of the study of history.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.”
—Karl Kraus (1874–1936)