Famous quotes containing the word pyramids:
“Though castles topple on their warders heads,
Though palaces and pyramids do slope
Their heads to their foundations; though the treasure
Of natures germens tumble all together,
Even till destruction sickenanswer me
To what I ask you.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.”
—Eduard Shevardnadze (b. 1927)
“I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me. I breathe the morning air of the world while the scent of Edens roses yet lingered in it, while it vibrated only to the worlds first brood of nightingales, and to the laugh of Eve. I see the pyramids building; I hear the shoutings of the armies of Alexander.”
—Alexander Smith (18301867)
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