Antiquities Quotes

“How these curiosities would be quite forgott, did not such idle fellowes as I am putt them downe!”
― John Aubrey, Brief Lives

“Life is much more than the evanescent present. We should do all we can to preserve our antiquities, lest we forget who we are.”
― Laurence Overmire, The Ghost of Rabbie Burns: An American Poet's Journey Through Scotland

“You've always told me buyers of antiquities are fools duped into unrequited love affairs with the past.' I have to admit, that does sound like me.”
― Greg Chivers, The Crying Machine