Bars Quote by Dave Barry

Well, there is something beautiful about ruins. I mean, in one sense it's not that different from going to Rome and looking at the…

— David Maraniss

“The slightest nudge can send a fruit pyramid collapsing into ruin. Perhaps this is why there is so little ancient architecture and art left…

— Becky Siame

“What can you possibly say about Rome? That it's eternal? That all roads lead to it? That it wasn't built in a day? That…

— Shawn Levy

“Resting on what's considered great has always been a recipe for decline. I remember touring Rome with a guide who pointed out one marvelous…

— Robert K. Cooper

Some ruins of ancient times are much more beautiful than the best buildings of modern eras!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of the destruction…

— Edward Gibbon

Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference.

— Graham Joyce

Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions.

— Joseph Joubert

“The five marks of the Roman decaying culture: Concern with displaying affluence instead of building wealth; Obsession with sex and perversions of sex; Art…

— Edward Gibbon

“What happened? It took Gibbon six volumes to describe the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, so I shan’t embark on that. But…

— Kenneth Clark

“that Rome (if one does not yet know it) has an oppressingly sad effect for the first few days: through the lifeless and doleful…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

I think it's clever how Rome have kept a load of old stuff. There's no overheads, yet people are going over there to see…

— Karl Pilkington