Old St Petersburg remains a beautiful stage set but to the Russians it is not what Rome is to the Italians or… — Joseph Wechsberg Copy Share Image
I love Swindon. OK, it's not a place where you can almost smell the history, like Rome or Florence. It's an industrial… — Paolo di Canio Copy Share Image
The most interesting thing which I heard of, in this township of Hull, was an unfailing spring, whose locality was pointed out… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The genius of America may be that it has built "the fall of Rome" into its very makeup: it is very consciously… — Cullen Murphy Copy Share Image
Percy imagined what that would be like: getting an apartment in this tiny replica of Rome, protected by the legion and Terminus… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse - the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time in Paris, in Milan, and in New York, and Rome is a little bit different. There… — Alessandro Michele Copy Share Image
History is not a book, arbitrarily divided into chapters, or a drama chopped into separate acts; it has flowed forward. Rome is… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
The first (barbers) that entered Italy came out of Sicily and it was in the 454 yeare after the foundation of Rome.… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
I was born in 1928, so in 1943, 1944, we had the war in Rome. There were a lot of hardships, a… — Ennio Morricone Copy Share Image
I am praetor of the legion," Reyna said. "I judge this to be in the best interest of Rome." "To get yourself… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The army from Asia introduced a foreign luxury to Rome; it was then the meals began to require more dishes and more… — Livy Copy Share Image
Farewell unhappy, hopeless, blasphemous Rome! The Wrath of God has come upon you, as you deserve. We cared for Babylon, and she… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
One can be tired of Rome after three weeks and feel one has exhausted it; after three months one feels that one… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
The younger generation forms a country of its own. It has no geographical boundaries. I've talked with young Hungarians in Budapest, with… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within. The essential causes of Rome's decline lay… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
The true key to the declension of the Roman empire which is not to be found in all Gibbon 's immense work… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Women [in ancient Rome] were condemned to the perpetual tutelage of parents, husbands, or guardians; a sex created to please and obey… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
A Galileo could no more be elected president of the United States than he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both high… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
The great word Evolution had not yet, in 1860, made a new religion of history, but the old religion had preached the… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
The more we create, the more we love and lose those whom we love, the more we escape from death. With every… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
I graduated from Academy of Fashion and Costume Design in Rome. At first, I thought I was going to be a costume… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
“I could spend the rest of my life like this: with him, at night, in Rome, my eyes totally shut, one leg… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
HOLLY TREE (Ilex aquifolium) is a symbol of good will and is associated with sun gods. In Rome the holly was sacred… — Raven Grimassi Copy Share Image
First and foremost, the United States did not ratify the 1998 Rome Statute that founded the ICC. Successive administrations have stood by… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Second only to the master of us all, Clodia has become the most discussed person in Rome. Versus of unbounded obscenity are… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Because of my job, I get a lot of opportunity to grab a few days here and there in many cool cities… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
If you were an ancient barbarian, I bet a real embarrassing thing would be if you were sacking Rome and your cape… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
[In ancient Rome,] why did the senate after killing Caesar turn around and give the government to his nephew? Why did France… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
It was with the utmost difficulty that ancient Rome could support the institution of six vestals; but the primitive church was filled… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I like the Valentino store in Rome.Because in Rome when I'd be riding my bike, that store is right next to the… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
If you look back in history, as the barbarians were invading the gates of Rome, people were consulting fortunetellers and worrying about… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
“Here in Rome, “men live for something else beside money and systems, the voice of noble sentiment is understood.” She had found… — Megan Marshall Copy Share Image
“The entire stock of relationships which suited in war—militiae—was regarded as inadmissible and improper in peace—domi. We have the measure of how… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
Rome has New York's formlessness, aimlessness, a kind of hard-boiled sophistication, blase about everything. In their filmmaking, too, the Italians have this… — Paul Morrissey Copy Share Image
Many clever men like you have trusted to civilization. Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of… — Anonymous 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
[Pope Francis] has done this not through angry speeches, but through the powerful symbols and examples of embracing a badly deformed man,… — John I. Jenkins Copy Share Image
![“I am praetor of the legion," Reyna said. "I judge this to be in the best interest of Rome." "To get yourself killed? To break our oldest laws and travel to the Ancient Lands? How will you even find their ship, assuming you survive the journey?" [Octavian] "I will find them," Reyna said.” quote by Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/rick-riordan-27_ancient_i-am-praetor-of-the-legion-reyna-said-i_108999.jpg)
![“Women [in ancient Rome] were condemned to the perpetual tutelage of parents, husbands, or guardians; a sex created to please and obey was never supposed to have attained the age of reason and experience. Such, at least, was the stern and haughty spirit of the ancient law . . .” quote by Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7f/edward-gibbon-710_age_women-in-ancient-rome-were-condemned-to_2414906.png)
![“[In ancient Rome,] why did the senate after killing Caesar turn around and give the government to his nephew? Why did France after they got rid of the king and that whole system turn around and give it to Napoleon? It's the same thing with Germany and Hitler.” quote by George Lucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/george-lucas-1038_ancient_in-ancient-rome-why-did-the-senate-after_1672460.png)
![“[Pope Francis] has done this not through angry speeches, but through the powerful symbols and examples of embracing a badly deformed man, welcoming refugees to the Vatican, strolling through a shanty town in Rome, visiting a home for the elderly, washing the feet of prisoners on Holy Thursday, and…” quote by John I. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/john-i-jenkins-29667_angry_pope-francis-has-done-this-not-through-a_1470761.jpg)
