Roman Quotes

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If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance… — Teresa of Avila
The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire. — Dave Barry
No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'. — Max Beerbohm
The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised… — Annie Besant
If I'm in Rome for only 48 hours, I would consider it a sin against God to not eat cacio e pepe, the most uniquely… — Anthony Bourdain
When I write a word in English, a simple one, such as, say, 'chief,' I have unwittingly ushered a querulous horde into the room. The… — Geraldine Brooks
The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation. — James Buchan
The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who they were. And… — Benjamin Carson
Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that… — Francesca Annis
The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk. "Written", perhaps, is… — Swami Vivekananda
among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the beauties of their originals ...… — Thomas Jefferson
Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely to the fact that, never… — P.G. Wodehouse
One of our most important tasks will be to save future generations from a similar political fate and to maintain for ever watchful in them… — Adolf Hitler
Washington...has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled the Roman Empire. — Richard J. Maybury
What a lot of work it was to found the Roman race. — Virgil
Others may fashion more smoothly images of bronze (I for one believe it), evoke living faces from marble, plead causes better, trace with a wand… — Virgil
The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps I headed a… — George S. Patton
Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent... — Napoleon Bonaparte
The Roman Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone - for respectable people, the Anglican Church will do. — Oscar Wilde

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