Ancient Quote by Edward Gibbon

Women [in ancient Rome] were condemned to the perpetual tutelage of parents, husbands, or guardians; a sex created to please and obey was never…

— Edward Gibbon

Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity.

— Ambrose Bierce

“ten ancient yet supremely effective rituals”

— Robin S. Sharma

The ancients were destitute of many of the conveniences of life which have been invented or improved by the progress of industry; and the…

— Edward Gibbon

“the scientific development of the doctrine of indulgences. 29 St. Thomas knows but one plenary indulgence, i. e. that granted for the liberation of…

— Joseph Pohle

“Know all ritual, ceremony, and conditions to be arbitrary (you have yourself to please): in the end, they are just a hindrance and a…

— Austin Osman Spare

“but I remained bouncy and immune throughout – by the early eighteenth century the Electors’ tombs are entirely out of control and indeed strongly…

— Simon Winder

“Second only to the master of us all, Clodia has become the most discussed person in Rome. Versus of unbounded obscenity are scribbled about…

— Thornton Wilder

Men who care passionately for women attach themselves at least as much to the temple and to the accessories of the cult as to…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

There was about all the Romans a heroic tone peculiar to ancient life. Their virtues were great and noble, and these virtues madethem great…

— Herman Melville

“Seneca, the Roman moralist, called unchastity "the greatest evil of our time". In light of this pronounced deterioration of marriage, countless Roman women engaged…

— Alvin J. Schmidt

Priestly celibacy has been guarded by the Church for centuries as a brilliant jewel, and retains its value undiminished even in our time when…

— Pope Paul VI