“My tongue tasted like a gladiator's jockstrap [Marcus Corvinus after a night out]” — David Wishart Copy Share Image
Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war). — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“She ran. Deeper, deeper into the mysterious Broceliande forest...” — Jennifer McKeithen Copy Share Image
“It was as if all my life had been spent fighting, killing and running. I wanted peace but I knew it was… — Fredrik Nath Copy Share Image
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate? — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“Most women run from danger like mice from a cat. You turn into a lion and take whatever comes. [Aurelia as seen… — Jane Finnis Copy Share Image
“The strands (the gods) weave out of our mortal lives are like a pattern visible only from the heavens; we here on… — Steven Saylor Copy Share Image
“Oblige me by taking away that knife. I can't look at the point of it. It reminds me of Roman history.” — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“The hermit, without access to the news of the day, owes it to himself to be up to date on the doings… — Sylvain Tesson Copy Share Image
“The failure of the roman system to furnish decent minimal standards for the mass of people was a fundamental cause of instability,… — H.J. Haskell Copy Share Image
“Today, as in ancient Rome, when all avenues of success have been traveled and all prizes won, the final prize is the… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
But, ancient Greece and ancient Rome - people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings back then, OK?… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While… — Bernie Taupin Copy Share Image
In 'Roma,' I wanted to get across the idea that underneath Rome today is ancient Rome. So close. I am always conscious… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
“A twinge of fear entered Gwenwhyfar’s heart. It was the first she had heard of the sea farms lying in the path… — Jennifer McKeithen Copy Share Image
As the profoundest philosophy of ancient Rome and Greece lighted her taper at Israel's altar, so the sweetest strains of the pagan… — Edward Thomson Copy Share Image
“I kept secrets from you. I let you believe a lie. I am an impious son. But I made my choice, as… — Steven Saylor Copy Share Image
“We broke camp together and set off in our opposite directions: we of the XIIth and our allies marched east, towards the… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
“To my shame, the name he gave was not one that conjured any feeling in me: not fear, nor revulsion, nor horror… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
“In the General History of Africa, we come across very impressive facts about the culture of primitive African peoples. It is known,… — Alija Izetbegović Copy Share Image
“Why not now?’ Horgias said. ‘We could go back in now and take it.’ ‘You can certainly try.’ Pantera rolled his tongue… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
“One encounters in the streets, late at night on the evenings of fetes, the most strange and bizarre passers-by. Do these nights… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image
“Well, good luck to you both. Rome will be the winner whoever is the victor'. Cicero began to move away but then… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“Do you have still the dye with which to turn your tunic red?’ ‘The madder? Yes, I do.’ ‘Enough of it for… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
No slave system has ever been able to continue to function on the slaves provided by its own biological reproduction because the… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
“Villicus Vadum: Soldier Of Fortune by Stewart Stafford I am the ghost of lupine Romulus, Founder of Rome, hear my tale, Of… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“Chen pointed to the cub. "There's your brute." Then he pointed to the pups. "And there's your domestication. For the most part,… — Jiang Rong Copy Share Image
I write about times and places I would visit in a time machine, like ancient Rome or the Wild West. — Caroline Lawrence Copy Share Image
Internationally, ancient Rome and Greece cultures are just so fascinating. I don't think audiences will ever tire of it, because it's such… — Jeremy Bolt Copy Share Image
I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
“In the centre of our line, eighty paces to my left, I felt Cadus raise his hand; I did not need to… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
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