“Nero's passions were so numerous it was impossible to keep track of them all.” — L.J. Trafford Copy Share Image
The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He slept more than any other president, whether by day or by night. Nero fiddled, but Coolidge only snored. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“I inherited my sense of passion and romance from the Romans. Specifically Nero and all the fire he possessed.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert. — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
Punishment [by Nero] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition. — Suetonius Copy Share Image
The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but… — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome. — John Foxe Copy Share Image
“[Christians] are people such as the world has not seen hitherto, and their teaching is of a kind that the world has… — Henryk Stanczyk Copy Share Image
“I ain't never seen a creature like that before, she says. He's so smart, he's- More, like a person than a bird?… — Moira Young Copy Share Image
What if there is no dirt on Merjack? Oh, I can answer this one. (Omari raised his hand like he was in… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The ghost of the heart of manred Cain And the more murderous brain Of Man, still redder Nero that conceived the death… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
“Rome, yes, I say, thinking in quick succession of the Pantheon, the Colosseum and the cardinals screwing around while wondering whether women… — Erlend Loe Copy Share Image
Of all the difficulties in a state, the temper of a true government most felicifies and perpetuates it; too sudden alterations distemper… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Why does any martyr cooperate with his judases?...We see a game beyond the endgame...As Seneca warned Nero: No matter how many of… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
After ages during which the earth produced harmless trilobites and butterflies, evolution progressed to the point at which it generated Neros, Genghis… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Following Emporer Nero's command, "Let the Christians be exterminated!:" . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
“First thing Monday morning, Ruby came in. She seemed upset. "Zach, I've had a vision," she said immediately. "Was it a dream,"… — Marie Sexton Copy Share Image
“I know not how the Christians order their own lives, but I know that where their religion begins, Roman rule ends, Rome… — Henryk Stanczyk Copy Share Image
Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's... But how does the great apostle spend his time in prison?... We… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
Aren’t you afraid they’ll arrest you? (Shahara) I wasn’t a convict, Dagan. I was an illegally purchased slave. My owner has no… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Though they love people, the Christians are enemies of our life, our gods and our crimes; hence she fled from me, as… — Henryk Stanczyk Copy Share Image
You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
I’m telling you right now I could make him pop an aneurysm and no one would know. (Nero) Doesn’t that kind of… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Monuments of murder, how poor the thoughts, how mean the memories ye awaken, compared with those that speak to the heart of… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton Copy Share Image
And you take care, too, Shahara. Remember the lies we tell ourselves to survive seldom bring peace to our souls. (Nero) — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know. (Nero Wolfe) — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“As Seneca warned Nero: No matter how many of us you kill, you will never kill your successor.” — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
We haven't done anything. That has devolved into a partisan bickering of the kind that says Nero was fiddling while Rome burned. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Darkdoom? Darkdoom did this?" Nero was visibly surprised. He placed a hand on his forehead, rubbing his temples. "Oh, why is it… — Mark Walden Copy Share Image
I’m not dead yet. It’s all good. (Omari) Good. That whole spontaneous combustion thing can be a real buzzkill. Ruins your clothes,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he… — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
![“Punishment [by Nero] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition.” quote by Suetonius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/suetonius-25582_christian_punishment-by-nero-was-inflicted-on-the_137826.jpg)
![“[Christians] are people such as the world has not seen hitherto, and their teaching is of a kind that the world has not heard up to this time...” quote by Henryk Stanczyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/henryk-stanczyk-84307_ancient-rome_christians-are-people-such-as-the-world_966241.jpg)
![“Following Emporer Nero's command, "Let the Christians be exterminated!:" . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the…” quote by Tacitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/tacitus-1552_beast_following-emporer-nero-s-command-let-the_2695538.jpg)
![“Though they love people, the Christians are enemies of our life, our gods and our crimes; hence she fled from me, as from a man who belongs to our [Roman] society, and with whom she would have to share a life counted criminal by Christians...I should not have stopped her from believing in her…” quote by Henryk Stanczyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/henryk-stanczyk-84307_ancient-rome_though-they-love-people-the-christians-a_2902096.jpg)
