"Athens the eye of Greece mother of arts And eloquence."

Heritage, Culture, History, Admiration

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"Athens the eye of Greece mother of arts And eloquence."

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"Sure, cried the tenant men, but it's our land. We measured it and broke it up. We were born on it, and we got killed on it, died on it. Even if it's no good, it's still ours. That's what makes it ours-being born on it, working it, dying on it."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Heritage, Land, Ownership, Identity

"Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Heritage, Bravery, Tradition, Family, Courage

"She was of the stuff of which great men's mothers are made. She was indispensable to high generation, feared at tea-parties, hated in shops, and loved at crises."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Heritage, Strength, Motherhood, Legacy, Courage

"Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born a d'Anconia. We are expected to become one."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Heritage, Nobility, Tradition, Family, Responsibility

"To take that risk, to offer life and remain alive, open yourself like this and become whole."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Heritage, Courage, Tradition, Family, Legacy

"My first years were spent living just as my forefathers had lived - roaming the green, rolling hills of what are now the states of South Dakota and Nebraska."

Standing Bear, American Leader

Heritage, First, Living, Now, States

"Yes I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentlemen were brutal savages in an unknown land mine were priests in the Temple of Solomon."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Heritage, Identity, History, Religion

"Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. It says: 'I was here. I may be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.'"

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Heritage, History, Memory, Legacy, Oppression

"London? Paris? Berlin? Zurich? Maybe Brussels, center of the young union? They all strive to outdo one another culturally, architecturally, politically, fiscally. But Rome, it should be said, has not bothered to join the race for status. Rome doesn't compete. Rome just watches all the fussing and striving, completely unfazed, exuding an air like: 'Hey- do whatever you want, but I'm still Rome. I am inspired by the regal self-assurance of this town, so grounded and rounded, so amused and monumental, knowing that she is held securely in the palm of history. I would like to be Rome when I am an old lady."

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

Heritage, Cities, Culture, History, Rome

"The ancient paused for a moment, as if his strength were failing. Yet I sensed that there was more to tell. Looking deep into my eyes, he whispered: 'The Gond kingdoms have fallen, their people live dispersed in poverty: the teak trees and the jungles have been cleared... but the importance of the Gonds must not be forgotten!"

Tahir Shah, British Author

Heritage, Loss, Memory, Responsibility

Explore more quotes by John Milton

"The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller."

Nature, Heaven, Light, Lonely

"When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for."

Man, Men, Complaints, Liberty

"The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby."

Character, Deeds, Man, Order

"Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness."

Society, Covetousness, Man, Treasure

"Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end."

Love, End

"He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon."

Soul, Thoughts, Light, May

"None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence."

Love, Men, Freedom, Rest

"Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship."

Nature, Beauty, May, Wonder

"For Man to tell how human life began is hard, for who himself beginning knew?"

History, Humanity, Curiosity, Mystery, Life

"Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light."

Struggle, Perseverance, Hardship, Hope