King Constantine IX of Regia had been killed three times and was bored with it. He wanted a bath. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
An absolute monarch, who is rich without patrimony, may be charitable without merit; and Constantine too easily believed that he should purchase… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Jesus himself, and most of the message of the Gospels, is a message of service to the poor, a critique of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
But the severe rules of discipline which the prudence of the bishops had instituted were relaxed by the same prudence in favour… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, if you close your eyes and keep still, you can be invisible. Ostriches know this." - Constantine” — Jamie Delano Copy Share Image
Nothing but the cross of Christ can so startle the spiritual nature from its torpor, as to make it an effectual counterpoise… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
All is artifice in my world, Constantine. Even me. Especially me. He taught me to be a duchess, to be an impregnable… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
The Emperor Constantine, who lifted Christianity into power, murdered his wife Fausta, and his eldest son Crispus, the same year that he… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
For want of a Pilate of their own, some Christians would accept a Constantine or whomever might be the current incarnation of… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
It took time for the church to come to terms with the ignominy of the cross. Church fathers forbade its depiction in… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Too often scholars have thought and even suggested that what happened during and after Constantine was that the church sought to replace… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
Constantine, the Emperor, saw something in the religion of Christ's people which awakened his interest, and now we see him uniting religion… — George W Truett Copy Share Image
But this inestimable privilege was soon violated: with the knowledge of truth the emperor imbibed the maxims of persecution; and the sects… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Constantine saw with his own eyes the trophy of a cross of light in the heavens, above the sun, and bearing this… — Eusebius Copy Share Image
It is a bitter thought, how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been, if the Christian faith had… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Turn the anger of the Almighty against the godless Turks and Barbarians who despise Christ the Lord.....In the royal city of the… — Pope Pius II Copy Share Image
Fetch Constantine, or I’ll make boots out of your hide, bear. (Arcadian Sentinel) Don’t touch me, or I’ll mount your jewels to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Vampire. Dangerous. Unknowable. Seriously creepy. This one's name was Constantine. We'd met before. — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
“For centuries after obtaining power during the reign of Constantine, Christians went on a censorship rampage that led to the virtual illiteracy… — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image
I really took it in-house. The Constantine character has a kind of flesh-and-blood practical look at things that would seem, other people… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
Julian sincerely abhorred the system of oriental despotism which Diocletian, Constantine, and the patient habits of four score years, had established in… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
In 325 A.D., the Roman Emperor Constantine decided to unify Rome under a single religion ... Historians still marvel at the brilliance… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Did a Magdalene, a Paul, a Constantine, an Augustine become mountains of ice after their conversion? Quite the contrary. We should never… — Frances Xavier Cabrini Copy Share Image
The grateful applause of the clergy has consecrated the memory of a prince, who indulged their passions and promoted their interest. Constantine… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Some day I will show all the [people] who say I was a success just because of my pretty face. Sometimes I… — Tyrone Power Copy Share Image