Friendship Quote by Cioran

“I am somewhat proud of this," Mab's cold voice said. "To be sure, the White Christ never suffered so long or so terribly as…

— Jim Butcher

“In February 62, Seneca came up against an unalterable reality. Nero ceased to listen to his old tutor, he shunned his company, encouraged slander…

— Alain de Botton

“Perhaps,” thought Robin, “the soldiers didn’t actually mock Jesus at all. It was just a game, which they let him join in. He might…

— Daphne du Maurier

“Marius had never understood the notion of blind loyalty. He had served everyone from kings and caliphs to head dishwasher at the local brothel,…

— Lee Battersby

“Every Roman was surrounded by slaves. The slave and his psychology flooded ancient Italy, and every Roman became inwardly, and of course unwittingly, a…

— C.G. Jung

“The unwholesome-looking little moral agent of destruction exulted silently in the possession of personal prestige, keeping in check this man armed with the defensive…

— Joseph Conrad

“Now I would solicit the particular attention of those numerous people who imagine that money is everything in this world, and that rank and…

— Livy

“ The Making of an Empire Not all people were regarded as citizens and given the right to vote in the Roman Republic. Many…

— Jean F. Blashfield

“The Romans had a great general named Cincinnatus. The legend is that he had wanted to live quietly on his farm but was persuaded…

— Elaine N. Aron

I think the Romans must have aggravated one another very much, with their noses. Perhaps, they became the restless people they were, in consequence.

— Charles Dickens

“The ancient Romans said everyone loves treason but no one the traitor.”

— Andreas Kollender

“St. Bernard, with the sharpness of his wit and zeal, has stigmatized the vices of the rebellious people. "Who is ignorant," says the monk…

— Edward Gibbon