Romans Quotes

174 Romans quotes by 136 unique authors

The Romans always wanted bread and circuses-food and entertainement! As we destroy their city, I will offer them both. Behold, a sample!" Someething dropped from… — Rick Riordan
I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine, you remember those of Seneca, another of those old Romans I met… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
A legacy that powerful does not disappear. Next to the Egyptians, the Greeks and Romans were babies. Our modern nations like Great Britain and America?… — Rick Riordan
Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. This is why French children are encouraged to seek inspiration for it in Corneille. It is a pagan… — Simone Weil
We must never minimize the suffering of another. Scripture's mandate to us is, "Weep with them that weep." (Romans 12:15, KJV) — Billy Graham
The idea that women are innately gentle is a fantasy, and a historically recent one. Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction, is depicted as wreathed… — Naomi Wolf
The Germans form one of the most important branches of the Indo-Germanic or Aryan race - a division of the human family which also includes… — Bayard Taylor
In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the ancient Greeks and… — Simon Van Booy
I love drawing on lead. Romans used to curse each other with sheets of it. My slave would come slide the sheet under your door… — Shea Hembrey
What I would not do is flaunt my Indianess by wearing a saree to work everyday, because it distracts from the job. So, I would… — Indra Nooyi
NFL fans have less sympathy for fallen players than the Romans had for blind Christians. — Stephen Rodrick
We are fascinated with our own history, and we are fascinated with the Romans because they were millennia ago, and yet they still capture our… — Kit Harington
When in Rome, I must do as the Romans do. When in America, make Bikram copyright and trademark. — Bikram Choudhury
Since by the ordination of God I both am called and am Emperor of the Romans, in nothing but name shall I appear to be… — Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their… — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into… — J M Roberts
In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an… — Robert W. Welch, Jr.
When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of… — Lactantius
The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race. — Goldwin Smith
So by all means let's have a television show quick and long, even if the commercial has to be delivered by a man in a… — Raymond Chandler

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