That is the task the Church imposed on itself, and was obliged to impose, until, according to its standard of value, "unworldliness," "unsensuousness," and "higher man" fused into one sentiment.

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, (ebook version)

(realized I do have an actual book on me atm)

The fires that Daniel had predicted would consume the beast blazed now directly on its steps, as lime-burners fed the temple's shattered marble into their kilns.

-Tom Holland, In The Shadow of The Sword; The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World