Ancient Texts Quotes

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― Euripides

“The actual material disappearance of the books was largely the effect of climate and pests. Thought papyrus and parchment were long lived, books inevitably deteriorated over the centuries, even if they managed the escape the ravages of fire and flood.”
― Stephen Greenblatt, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

“From the next hour he will be reading from ancient text."
"How ancient, I asked, a thousend years or last weeks?"
"Very ancient, the girl said solemmly, but it is a forgivable interuption under those cicumstances, and the texts will just become more ancient in waiting.”
― Robert Lynn Asprin