Arches Quote by Alexander Pope

Methinks I will not die quite happy without having seen something of that Rome of which I have read so much.

— Walter Scott

“that Rome (if one does not yet know it) has an oppressingly sad effect for the first few days: through the lifeless and doleful…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Rome took all the vanity out of me,for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my…

— Louisa May Alcott

“I've just been around too much death today not to wonder why we find it appropriate to organize our festivities in and around the…

— Linda Fairstein

[At Marc Antony's tomb:] Nothing could part us in life, but now in death we are likely to change places, you the Roman lying…

— Cleopatra

Tombs decked by the arts can scarcely represent death as a formidable enemy; we do not, indeed, like the ancients, carve sports and dances…

— Madame de Stael

Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she…

— Will Durant

“Rome wasn’t deconstructed in a day.”

— Edward St. Aubyn

Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go…

— Gregory Corso

Each, in its own way, was unforgettable. It would be difficult to — Rome! By all means, Rome. I will cherish my visit here…

— Audrey Hepburn

“Ancient Rome There must be at least a hundred stray cats living in the Colosseum. Our guide told us that they are protected by…

— Lisa Halvorsen

As a boy I used to go to the Chamber of Horrors at the annual fair, to look at the wax figures of Emperors…

— Ernst Toller