Plato's republic Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword”

— Herman Melville

“With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship”

— Herman Melville

“Gio Parisi was a good-looking man,if your taste ran to dissolute Roman emperors.”

— Rosie Genova

“Cats never listen. They’re dependable that way; when Rome burned, the emperor’s cats still expected to be fed on time.”

— Seanan McGuire

“Another syllogism. All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat.”

— Eugène Ionesco

“Rome, yes, I say, thinking in quick succession of the Pantheon, the Colosseum and the cardinals screwing around while wondering whether women have souls…

— Erlend Loe

“At the sight of the city utterly perishing amidst the flames Scipio burst into tears, and stood long reflecting on the inevitable change which…

— Polybius

“He (Scipio of Rome) did not consider that republic flourishing whose walls stand, but whose morals are in ruins. -- City of God, Book…

— Augustine of Hippo

“I no longer believed that Valentino would continue to build anything at all. Instead, he would merely leave behind the empire of hope that…

— Michael Ennis

“And what did it matter that Brutus had killed a tyrant? Tyranny still existed in every heart and Rome only existed in Brutus.”

— Anonymous

“And yet Praecursoris is not punished the same way, only because it is not practical, and he is needed for breeding?”

— Naomi Novik

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

— Pietros Maneos