Time Quote by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Inclined to peace by his temper and situation, it was easy for [Augustus] to discover that Rome, in her present exalted situation, had much…

— Edward Gibbon

“My people were extremely independent in both nature and outlook, this perhaps making a future clash between the Romans and us during a point…

— Michael G. Kramer

“The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.”

— Heinrich Heine

“If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.”

— Heinrich Heine

“The Romans were not wiped out by the invasions of the barbarians, nor by the Christian virus, but by a more subtle evil, boredom.”

— Emil Cioran

“but it was reserved for Augustus to relinquish the ambitious design of subduing the whole earth, and to introduce a spirit of moderation into…

— Edward Gibbon

“I agree with Heine's remark, that if the Romans had been forced to learn it (Latin) they would not have found time to conquer…

— Fergus Hume

“THE ANCIENT ROMANS were used to being defeated. Like the rulers of most of history’s great empires, they could lose battle after battle but…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Such was the cost of dealing with the Romans: even when one fought against them, the stain of their violence licked and crackled at…

— Ruth Downie

“That Roman Peace was designed to last forever. When Diocletian perfected it, its economy was so thoroughly planned and so well administered that farmers…

— Rose Wilder Lane

“The failure of the roman system to furnish decent minimal standards for the mass of people was a fundamental cause of instability, both political…

— H.J. Haskell