Admire Quote by Paul L. Maier

“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

“I inherited my sense of passion and romance from the Romans. Specifically Nero and all the fire he possessed.”

— Jarod Kintz

“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

“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

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

— Pietros Maneos

“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

“So what? We’re supposed to whip Titus? Kill him? That would be Law.” “Would it? Or would it just be vengeance?” “You’re the poet.…

— Pierce Brown

“Rome is particularly lethal this summer.”

— Neil Jordan

“As Seneca warned Nero: No matter how many of us you kill, you will never kill your successor.”

— David Mitchell

“I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt empire to root out my foes. But Rome wasn't built in a day and…

— Oliver Bowden

“-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

“Rome would never have need of a dictator if she had such men in office, men so united in heart, as ready to obey…

— Livy