Roman Quotes

396 Roman quotes by 302 unique authors

But as the Roman playwright Terence once wrote, From many a bad beginning great friendships have formed — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is a dogma of the Roman Church that the existence of God can be proved by natural reason. Now this dogma would make it… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by… — Thomas Paine
This girl shivers and crawls under the covers with all her clothes on and falls into an overdue library book, a faerie story with rats… — Laurie Halse Anderson
To my taste, the men in Rome are ridiculously, hurtfully, stupidly beautiful. More beautiful even than Roman women, to be honest. Italian men are beautiful… — Elizabeth Gilbert
When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in a warm bath.… — Sylvia Plath
Parla come magni,' It means, 'Speak the way you eat,' or in my personal translation: 'Say it like you eat it.' It's a reminder -… — Elizabeth Gilbert
You know, I’ve had a really wonderful night tonight. I got to tell Kyrian and Julian that Valerius is in town and spent, oh I… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
...if this Roman dude’s as bad as you say, then why are you lurking outside his store looking all charged and heated like a dog… — Alyson Noel
History is gossip that's been legitimized, and that's really the case when you get into some of the Roman historians. Wow! They'd be right at… — Esther M. Friesner
The stones here speak to me, and I know their mute language. Also, they seem deeply to feel what I think. So a broken column… — Heinrich Heine
Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened. — Jared Diamond
Scapegoating worked in practice while it still had religious powers behind it. You loaded the sins of the city on to the goat’s back and… — J M Coetzee
Jesus didn't really die-someone gave him a long drug that made him look like dead, and he revived in the tomb. Answer: Roman soldiers knew… — N. T. Wright
Grandfather's been dead all these years, but if you lifted my skull, by God, in the convolutions of my brain you'd find the big ridges… — Ray Bradbury
The first thing you notice about New Orleans are the burying grounds - the cemeteries - and they're a cold proposition, one of the best… — Bob Dylan
As the Roman Empire came to its close, all the old gods of the pagan world were seen as demons by the Christians who rose.… — Anne Rice
A bronze plaque read: GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS Dan made a face. "Get a load of the guy with the funny name." "I think that's… — Gordon Korman
I need to learn not to bend over backwards to be nice to faith-heads. Give these people an inch and they take a league. I… — Richard Dawkins
I’ve been listening to how the Roman Empire fell and all I can say is, it didn’t fall nearly fast enough!”-Iggy — James Patterson
Harpernus Stoyan, if you can't behave yourself and go and turn all Roman hands and Russian Fingers under that comforter, you're going to have to… — Lynsay Sands
Oh Lion in a peculiar guise, Sharp Roman road to Paradise, Come eat me up, I'll pay thy toll With all my flesh, and keep… — Stevie Smith
Val, I'm on Bourbon—” “I will not venture down that street of crass iniquities and plebeian horror, Acheron. It is the cesspit of humanity. Don‟t… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a completely unorthodox style, rolling under their feet,… — Rick Riordan

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