Calpurnia Quote by Kate Quinn

“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

“If Rome were a woman, she’d be a whore.”

— Elizabeth Geoghegan

“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

“Let me give you a piece of advice,” she murmured. “Rome only exists because of slaves. That’s how it functions. We are its muscles,…

— Lesley Livingston

“-We live in Rome, he says, turning his face to the room again, -Caligula's Rome, with a new circus of vulgar bestialized suffering in…

— William Gaddis

“In Rome, too, slaves were the sunshine of every day and the nightmare of every night. Slavery stoked the empire’s life and its dread.…

— Eduardo Galeano

“Every Roman was surrounded by slaves. The slave and his psychology flooded ancient Italy, and every Roman became inwardly, and of course unwittingly, a…

— C.G. Jung

“Rome took all the vanity out of me,for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my…

— Louisa May Alcott

“But I want her, I must have her, I shall die if I do not get her - false, proud, black-hearted daughter of a…

— C.S. Lewis

“You see, however, which is called the Court of Rome, and which neither you nor any man can deny to be more corrupt than…

— Martin Luther

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

— Pietros Maneos

“Who set Rome on fire? The man we must admire. For killing his wife, and taking the life of mother and brother and so…

— Paul L. Maier