Greatness Quote by Livy

A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within. The essential causes of Rome's decline lay in her…

— Will Durant

Rome is all things high and low. It is like God, it accommodates so much.

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

“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

Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended…

— Bud Wilkinson

I guess that's the thing about Rome: It never changes.

— Owen Wilson

That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain.

— Goldwin Smith

There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And…

— Paolo Sorrentino

“Popes come and go, empires clash, new worlds arise, but Rome is eternally Rome, which is to say that its people were busy as…

— Sara Poole

“Rome increased its per capita income by exploiting its conquered territories, not by increasing its productive potential. Rome expanded but did not grow.”

— Edward A. Hudson

“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

Rome holds my psyche in balance. Whenever I'm there, it's like a holiday.

— Giambattista Valli

For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career.

— John Lothrop Motley