Baths Quote by Lloyd Alexander

I find that the old Roman baths of this quarter, were found covered by an old burying ground, belonging to the Abbey; through which,…

— Tobias Smollett

“There, publicly throwing off the mask under which he had hitherto concealed his real character and feelings, he made a speech painting in vivid…

— Livy

“Constantine, eight years old, was working in his father's garden and thinking about his own garden, a square of powdered granite he had staked…

— Michael Cunningham

“Overcome, the eunuch looked out at the rugged landscape that surrounded them and shouted, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from…

— Rachel Held Evans

The Romans had to kill him because he was threatening the order because he had a great deal of personal power.

— Frederick Lenz

“The architecture of the Colisseum and other places of Roman entertainment are difficult to judge without recalling what purpose they served. It was here…

— Petr Beckmann

“In February 62, Seneca came up against an unalterable reality. Nero ceased to listen to his old tutor, he shunned his company, encouraged slander…

— Alain de Botton

“Now I would solicit the particular attention of those numerous people who imagine that money is everything in this world, and that rank and…

— Livy

“Jerome was a marvelous advocate of chastity: yet hear his confession: “O, how often have I thought myself to be in the midst of…

— Martin Luther

“CLEOPATRA TO THE ASP The bright mirror I braved: the devil in it Loved me like my soul, my soul: Now that I seek…

— Ted Hughes

Such was the unhappy condition of the Roman emperors, that, whatever might be their conduct, their fate was commonly the same. A life of…

— Edward Gibbon

Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at their trade. Æropus, a Macedonian king, made lanterns; Harcatius, the king of…

— Jeremy Taylor