Apparitions Quote by Joseph Addison

Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unaveng'd amongst us!

— Joseph Addison

“Does it serve any useful purpose to know that Pompey was the first to exhibit the slaughter of eighteen elephants in the Circus, pitting…

— Seneca

“You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not Pompey?”

— William Shakespeare

I was a Pompey lass - I can't say I supported Pompey all the time.

— Jill Ellis

I feel a much greater interest in knowing what has passed two or three thousand years ago, than in what is now passing. I…

— Thomas Jefferson

Pompey had fought brilliantly and in the end routed Caesar's whole force... but either he was unable to or else he feared to push…

— Plutarch

Our men must win or die. Pompey's men have... other options.

— Julius Caesar

After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they…

— Plutarch

Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun.

— Plutarch

When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action.…

— Anonymous

Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both.

— John Milton