Quote by William Shakespeare Download Open image ““A pair of tribunes that have wrecked fair Rome to make coals cheap - a noble memory!”” — William Shakespeare ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“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
“Rome seems a comfort to those with the ambitious soul of an Artist or a Conqueror.” — Pietros Maneos Copy Share Image
“The narrow policy of preserving, without any foreign mixture, the pure blood of the ancient citizens, had checked the fortune, and hastened the ruin,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“they spoke well of Rome, for the taxes did not appear heavy, compared to the previous great taxes demanded by robber bands” — Richard Ben Sapir Copy Share Image
“When you go to Rome, do as Rome does. Rome will be a ugly customer to you, if you don't. I'm your Rome, you… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“In Rome, too, slaves were the sunshine of every day and the nightmare of every night. Slavery stoked the empire’s life and its dread.… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“I desired that the Senate of Rome might appear before me in one large chamber, and a modern representative, in counterview, in another. The… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“Whole Foods, the Barnes & Noble, the Best Buy—they got stacked right on top of it. In Rome, they dig for a subway and… — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
“I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew great only by… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught? — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
