Memento Quote by Virgil Download Open image “You, Roman, remember to rule peoples with your power. -Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento” — Virgil ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Memento Power Remember
“You do remember the lessons, however. Rome—corrupt, rich, and disorganized, a republic that ruled the world yet couldn’t rule itself. Its senators fighting for power in vicious political squabbles; the policies of compromise forgotten in favor of personal gain. Its armies pledging their loyalty to their generals rather than to the republic they were meant to serve. Its population torn… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share
“Roman laws tended to be long and complex - one of Rome's most enduring legacies to the world is cumbersome and tortuous legal prose.” — Adrian Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
“Rome would never have need of a dictator if she had such men in office, men so united in heart, as ready to obey as to command, and contributing glory to the common stock rather than drawing from it in their personal interests.” — Livy Copy Share
Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to… — Virgil Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“...when all the bullshit about rational, divinely inspired social order is put to one side, Roman law was all about defining and protecting property… — Peter Heather Copy Share Image
“this period, they alone could elect the political officials of the Roman state; no matter how blue-blooded you were, you could only hold office… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“By being a citizen of Rome, a man gained honor, wealth, and security. The Latins, therefore, became eager to obtain this title, and used… — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
“Crima si pedeapsa" care, la cincisprezece ani imi paruse un roman politist, am crezut-o mai apoi un extraordinar roman psihologic, pana cand, in final,… — Ernesto Sabato Copy Share Image
Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions? — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“Facilis descensus Averni: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras. hoc opus, hic labor est.” — Virgil Copy Share Image
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub. — Virgil Copy Share Image
“..and why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the sea and what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl...” — Virgil Copy Share Image
“forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. and perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these things one day” — Virgil Copy Share Image
“My life is like a memento more painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Each wedding picture was less of a memento than a scar. Proof of some horror movie scenario Katherine Kenton has survived. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
In a sense, Open City is a kind of Wunderkammer, one of those little rooms assembled with bric-a-brac by Renaissance scholars. I don't mean… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I keep mementos from everything I've done. I've got my cab driver's license from 'Happiness.' I've got a pair of glasses and a belt… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
When I got the script for Memento, I read it and I got killed off on page one and I fired my agent. — Joe Pantoliano Copy Share Image
Never forget that you must die; that death will come sooner than you expect... God has written the letters of death upon your hands.… — John Furniss Copy Share Image
One of the things that we talked about was this idea of 'Memento Mori' - like the reminder of our own mortality - and… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
“What goes in the mind is forgotten, what goes in the stomach just passes through, but that which goes in the heart is locked,… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
In fact I no longer value this kind of memento. I no longer want reminders of what was, what got broken, what got lost,… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing… — Suresh Raina Copy Share Image