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title: "2 Ancient rome Quotes By Stephanie Dray"
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> [“Selene’s life is a lesson to us that the trajectory of women’s equality hasn’t always been a forward march. In some ways the ancients were more advanced than we are today; there have been setbacks before and may be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/selene-s-life-is-a-lesson-to-us-that-the-trajectory-of-women-s/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

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> [“I had come to Rome in chains, but I would leave Rome a queen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/i-had-come-to-rome-in-chains-but-i-would-leave-rome-a-queen/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

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## 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 Stephanie Dray

> [“Probably so. I’m a sinner with more faults than you imagine, Patsy. But you’re the friend to which my soul is unalterably attached, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/probably-so-i-m-a-sinner-with-more-faults-than-you-imagine-patsy-but/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“The happiness of your life depends now on pleasing a single person. To this, I know all other objects must be secondary, even your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/the-happiness-of-your-life-depends-now-on-pleasing-a-single-person-to/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“There are only three kinds of ink that rulers use to write their stories. Sweat, blood, or tears. So choose your ink carefully, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/there-are-only-three-kinds-of-ink-that-rulers-use-to-write-their/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“I couldn’t open that well inside me, or I’d never get it closed again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/i-couldn-t-open-that-well-inside-me-or-i-d-never-get-it-closed-again/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“People forgot the fragility of our enterprise as a new nation, and sometimes forgot, too, how much we owed France for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/people-forgot-the-fragility-of-our-enterprise-as-a-new-nation-and/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“Selene’s life is a lesson to us that the trajectory of women’s equality hasn’t always been a forward march. In some ways the ancients…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/selene-s-life-is-a-lesson-to-us-that-the-trajectory-of-women-s/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“But women have to give hard thought to the men we'll wind up with. Make a mistake and get a drunk, a spendthrift, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/but-women-have-to-give-hard-thought-to-the-men-we-ll-wind-up-with/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“Tell your papa I’ll call upon him soon. Mr. Jefferson is still very much needed here in Paris, where his revolution remains undone. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/tell-your-papa-i-ll-call-upon-him-soon-mr-jefferson-is-still-very/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“Kings and queens cry with family. Hide your grief from subjects and strangers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/kings-and-queens-cry-with-family-hide-your-grief-from-subjects-and/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“I had come to Rome in chains, but I would leave Rome a queen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/i-had-come-to-rome-in-chains-but-i-would-leave-rome-a-queen/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“Because partisanship has made anything fair, which honor and propriety might once have kept quiet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/because-partisanship-has-made-anything-fair-which-honor-and-propriety/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“And I reminded myself that a woman should be able to dress as she liked without a man hurting her...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/and-i-reminded-myself-that-a-woman-should-be-able-to-dress-as-she/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“I now saw union between man and woman was the same as union among the states—as a series of debates and compromises that might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/i-now-saw-union-between-man-and-woman-was-the-same-as-union-among-the/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“Time wastes too fast: every letter I trace tells me with what rapidity life follows my pen. The days and hours of it are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/time-wastes-too-fast-every-letter-i-trace-tells-me-with-what-rapidity-2/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

> [“Death, well done, is a gateway from this world into another. It needn’t be the end of anything. - Cleopatra”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-dray/death-well-done-is-a-gateway-from-this-world-into-another-it-needn-t/)

[Stephanie Dray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-dray/)

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