Love Quote by Anne Rice

“In the East — in Greece and Syria and Egypt — the Romans had conquered countries which had ancient and splendid traditions, and were…

— George Hodges

“CLEOPATRA TO THE ASP The bright mirror I braved: the devil in it Loved me like my soul, my soul: Now that I seek…

— Ted Hughes

“Rome seems a comfort to those with the ambitious soul of an Artist or a Conqueror.”

— Pietros Maneos

“Everything is against us... But I have something they don't. A love that will stop at nothing to defend the true heir to Egypt…

— Trisha Wolfe

“What happened? It took Gibbon six volumes to describe the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, so I shan’t embark on that. But…

— Kenneth Clark

“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

“You fought well on Mona, my Mules, but I have brought you here for a little more javelin practice.’ The words carried along the…

— Douglas Jackson

“What can you possibly say about Rome? That it's eternal? That all roads lead to it? That it wasn't built in a day? That…

— Shawn Levy

“It is difficult to gaze in awe at the wonders of ancient Egypt with modern Egypt tugging so insistently at your sleeve.”

— Tony Horwitz

“THOMASINA: But then the Egyptian noodle made carnal embrace with the enemy who burned the great library of Alexandria without so much as a…

— Tom Stoppard

“Such was the cost of dealing with the Romans: even when one fought against them, the stain of their violence licked and crackled at…

— Ruth Downie

“O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt? See How I convey my shame out of thine eyes By looking back what I have left…

— William Shakespeare