Able Quote by Dan Quisenberry

I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought…

— Dan Quisenberry

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If at first you…

— Quentin Crisp

“THE ANCIENT ROMANS were used to being defeated. Like the rulers of most of history’s great empires, they could lose battle after battle but…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Look to the past and remember no empire rises that sooner or later won't fall.

— Al Stewart

“The failure of the roman system to furnish decent minimal standards for the mass of people was a fundamental cause of instability, both political…

— H.J. Haskell

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.

— Taylor Caldwell

The fall of Rome seemed unthinkable to people at the time but inevitable to historians reflecting upon it with the benefit of context.

— Mary Pilon

Limits the Romans' anxieties to two things - bread and games.

— Juvenal

I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman…

— Hannibal

Rome alone can resist Rome.

— Pierre Corneille

“By virtue of its unbounded aggression, Roman imperialism was ultimately responsible for its own destruction.”

— Peter Heather

“Let them cease, then, to insult the Roman empire, who pretend that they are the sons of the Church; when they see that Christ,…

— Dante Alighieri