When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

“When in Rome, do as the Romans. That was not just friendly advice. That was survival.”

— Alaa Alghamdi

“When in Rome, do as Romans do.”

— American proverb

Whoever said "When in Rome, do as the Romans do", has never driven a car there.

— Lev L. Spiro

When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.

— Vincent de Paul

If you were an ancient barbarian, I bet a real embarrassing thing would be if you were sacking Rome and your cape got caught…

— Jack Handey

Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. This is why French children are encouraged to seek inspiration for it in Corneille. It is a…

— Simone Weil

Everyone aimed at security: no one accepted responsibility. What was plainly lacking, long before the barbarian invasions had done their work, long before economic…

— Lewis Mumford

“You do remember the lessons, however. Rome—corrupt, rich, and disorganized, a republic that ruled the world yet couldn’t rule itself. Its senators fighting for…

— Ilona Andrews

To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman Poetry." We…

— Quintus Ennius

The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of the destruction…

— Edward Gibbon

If all the barbarian conquerors had been annihilated in the same hour, their total destruction would not have restored the empire of the West:…

— Edward Gibbon

Citizens of Rome might boast that the claim of 'Civus romanus sum' set them apart from barbarians and slaves, and it was true up…

— Michael Korda

Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?

— Camille Paglia

Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

“The central government was a despotism tempered by military rebellion and assassination and replacement of one scurvy lot of ruling dynasts by another. But…

— Norman F. Cantor