Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Copy Share Image
Ignorant of the arts of luxury, the primitive Romans had improved the science of government and war. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“suggested elegance, as if the Romans didn’t have enough on their own. Yet” — Noel Hynd Copy Share Image
Spartacus, like Jesus, was also crucified by the Romans. And for equally good reasons. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“The words of the Greeks are born on their lips, but those of the Romans in their hearts.” — Cato Copy Share Image
Romans park their cars the way I would park if I had just spilled a beaker of hydrochloric acid on my lap. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“that there was no doubt that the Helvetii were the most powerful of the whole of Gaul;” — Julius Caesar Copy Share Image
The Romans believed that what no man controls, no man can own. Justinian, writing in the sixth century AD, said that the… — Charles Clover Copy Share Image
I was so happy when I went to Rome and I saw that the Romans eat them too, the squash blossoms. [...]… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health ... what have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the East — in Greece and Syria and Egypt — the Romans had conquered countries which had ancient and splendid traditions,… — George Hodges Copy Share Image
“Romans! They think women and children are fit sacrifices in war and anything less than crucifixion smacks of leniency. And they call… — Manda Scott Copy Share Image
It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
“Because of Jesus’ supposed predestination, God would have had to choose the people who would kill and betray his son, choose the… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The characteristic danger of great nations, like the Romans or the English which have a long history of continuous creation, is that… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
“I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew great… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the… — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
“Every Roman was surrounded by slaves. The slave and his psychology flooded ancient Italy, and every Roman became inwardly, and of course… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
We are fascinated with our own history, and we are fascinated with the Romans because they were millennia ago, and yet they… — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
“O [Roman] people be ashamed; be ashamed of your lives. Almost no cities are free of evil dens, are altogether free of… — William J Federer Copy Share Image
“On my desk is an appeal from the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. It asks me to become a… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The architecture of the thugs also differs from that of normal societies. It can often be recognized by the megalomaniacal style of… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“Let them cease, then, to insult the Roman empire, who pretend that they are the sons of the Church; when they see… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply… — Max Müller Copy Share Image
“Then there is Roman engineering: the Roman roads, aqueducts, the Colosseum. Warfare, alas, has always been beneficial to engineering. Yet there are… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman… — Quintus Ennius Copy Share Image
“The Romans’ ideal was torn between heroism and glory. Both are epitomized in the instant of death. To die ‘fine death’ was… — Pascal Quignard Copy Share Image
NFL fans have less sympathy for fallen players than the Romans had for blind Christians. — Stephen Rodrick Copy Share Image
“For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. – Romans 14:7” — Robert J. Morgan Copy Share Image
“If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.” — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
“ABC I taught you when dealing with the Romans. A: accept nothing; B: believe nobody; C: check everything.” — Ross Laidlaw Copy Share Image
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![“Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you.” quote by Alexander the Great](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4a8/alexander-the-great-8774_ancestor_your-ancestors-came-to-macedonia-and-the_1334406.jpg)
![“O [Roman] people be ashamed; be ashamed of your lives. Almost no cities are free of evil dens, are altogether free of impurities, except the cities in which the barbarians have begun to live... Let nobody think otherwise, the vices of our bad lives have alone conquered us... The Goths lie, but are…” quote by William J Federer](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e27/william-j-federer-42686_ashamed_o-roman-people-be-ashamed-be-ashamed-of_2526924.jpg)
