Quotes About Persepolis

To Persepolis the dream, came Gabriel. Demons buzzed insistently in his head but he kept them on a short leash. For Persepolis was a place where demons as well as dreams were shared.

And again there was the long road, as straight as an arrow through the shimmering wall of fog, and the sudden apparition of the solitary columns of Persepolis on the terrace that seemed surreally suspended high above the plains

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?

Menaphon : Your Majestie shall shortly have your wish, And ride in triumph through Persepolis. Tamburlaine : And ride in triumph through Persepolis? Is it not brave to be a King, Techelles? Usumcasane and Theridamas, Is it not passing brave to be a King, And ride in triumph through Persepolis?

Is it not passing brave to be a king,And ride in triumph through Persepolis?

There is no doubt that a really first-class fire, when no fear for human life intrudes, is one of the great atavistic joys still known to man. Today it is very shocking to think of archaeological treasures burning; to Macedonians and still more to Greeks, the significance of Persepolis was rather different.

They ... know from experience better than almost any other nation on earth how transient are material achievements and pomp and glory. ... the New Order pointed to the ruins of Persepolis as reminders of what Iran had once been and must strive to be again. The Iranian people also see in those ruins a monument to the vanity of human success.