--- title: "2 Ancient rome Quotes By John Williams" description: "2 Ancient rome quotes by John Williams. Plus more from John Williams and more Ancient rome sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/john-williams-3311_ancient-rome_what-you-seem-so-unwilling-to-accept-eve_3143.jpg" --- > [“What you seem so unwilling to accept, even now, is this: that the ideals which supported the old Republic had no correspondence to the fact of the old Republic; that the glorious word concealed the deed of horror; that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/what-you-seem-so-unwilling-to-accept-even-now-is-this-that-the-ideals/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/john-williams-3311_ancient-rome_what-you-seem-so-unwilling-to-accept-eve_3143.jpg) > [“To the followers of the murdered Caesar: Do you march against Decimus Brutus Albinus in Gaul, or against the son of Caesar in Rome? Ask Marcus Antonius. Are you mobilized to destroy the enemies of your dead leader, or to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/to-the-followers-of-the-murdered-caesar-do-you-march-against-decimus/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/john-williams-3311_ancient-rome_to-the-followers-of-the-murdered-caesar_3196916.jpg) ## Other authors on Ancient rome - [M.C. Scott 26 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient-rome/m-c-scott/) - [Jennifer McKeithen 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient-rome/jennifer-mckeithen/) - [Anthony Riches 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient-rome/anthony-riches/) ## More by John Williams > [“She was, he knew- and had known very early, he supposed- one of those rare and always lovely humans whose moral nature was so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/she-was-he-knew-and-had-known-very-early-he-supposed-one-of-those/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [“What you seem so unwilling to accept, even now, is this: that the ideals which supported the old Republic had no correspondence to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/what-you-seem-so-unwilling-to-accept-even-now-is-this-that-the-ideals/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [“It's for us that the University exists, for the dispossessed of the world; not for the students, not for the selfless pursuit of knowledge,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/it-s-for-us-that-the-university-exists-for-the-dispossessed-of-the/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [I don't make a particular distinction between 'high art' and 'low art.' Music is there for everybody. It's a river we can all put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/i-don-t-make-a-particular-distinction-between-high-art-and-low-art/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [“Dispassionately, reasonably, he contemplated the failutre that his life must appear to be. He had wanted friendship and the closeness of friendship that might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/dispassionately-reasonably-he-contemplated-the-failutre-that-his-life/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [“Six times during my life has this tomb of my soul led me to the brink of that eternal darkness into which all men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/six-times-during-my-life-has-this-tomb-of-my-soul-led-me-to-the-brink/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [“But I can see what has ensued. A war doesn’t merely kill off a few thousand or a few hundred thousand young men. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/but-i-can-see-what-has-ensued-a-war-doesn-t-merely-kill-off-a-few/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [I let it go. I have not looked at the 'Star Wars' films, and that's absolutely true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/i-let-it-go-i-have-not-looked-at-the-star-wars-films-and-that-s/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [You never write a theme for a movie thinking, 'This will live forever.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/you-never-write-a-theme-for-a-movie-thinking-this-will-live-forever/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [“For a few moments in the evening, then, they talked quietly and casually, as if they were old friends or exhausted enemies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/for-a-few-moments-in-the-evening-then-they-talked-quietly-and/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [Composing music is hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/composing-music-is-hard-work/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [I honestly haven't done all that counting. It always feels new and a wonderful honor to receive these things. It's a fresh feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/i-honestly-haven-t-done-all-that-counting-it-always-feels-new-and-a/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [In general, we continue to believe that local governments should not have a competitive advantage when competing with the private sector, and they should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/in-general-we-continue-to-believe-that-local-governments-should-not/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [“Saying, ain’t doing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/saying-ain-t-doing/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) > [There is no proof that carbon dioxide is causing or precedes global warming…All indications are that the minor warming cycle finished in 2001 and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/there-is-no-proof-that-carbon-dioxide-is-causing-or-precedes-global/) [John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient-rome/john-williams/#itemlist", "name": "2 Ancient rome Quotes By John Williams", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What you seem so unwilling to accept, even now, is this: that the ideals which supported the old Republic had no correspondence to the fact of the old Republic; that the glorious word concealed the deed of horror; that the appearance of tradition and order cloaked the reality of corruption and chaos; that the call to liberty and freedom closed the minds, even of those who called, to the facts of privation, suppression, and sanctioned murder.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Williams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/what-you-seem-so-unwilling-to-accept-even-now-is-this-that-the-ideals/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/john-williams-3311_ancient-rome_what-you-seem-so-unwilling-to-accept-eve_3143.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/john-williams-3311_ancient-rome_what-you-seem-so-unwilling-to-accept-eve_3143.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/john-williams-3311_ancient-rome_what-you-seem-so-unwilling-to-accept-eve_3143.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What you seem so unwilling to accept, even now, is this: that the ideals which supported the old Republic…” — John Williams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To the followers of the murdered Caesar: Do you march against Decimus Brutus Albinus in Gaul, or against the son of Caesar in Rome? 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