Quote by Elizabeth Geoghegan

“In Rome, a woman’s power, however circumspectly exercised, arouses revulsion. Every death in my family circle has been laid at my door.”

— Phyllis T. Smith

“In those girls I found my Rome, my Paris, my Constantinople.”

— George Saunders

“Could a virgin be a whore?”

— Cara Faith Donovan

Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.

— Anonymous

“When you go to Rome, do as Rome does. Rome will be a ugly customer to you, if you don't. I'm your Rome, you…

— Charles Dickens

“Rome seems a comfort to those with the ambitious soul of an Artist or a Conqueror.”

— Pietros Maneos

“As a famous historian once said, in all its history, Rome deigned to fear two people; one was Hannibal, the other was a woman.”

— Karen Essex

“You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think.”

— Stephen King

“Rome wasn’t built on mutual admiration.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“She was a whore all the way through – and that was her virtue!”

— Henry Miller

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