Quotes of: Romans Keyword

The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome.

The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave

La vie ressemble plus souvent à un roman qu'un roman ne ressemble à la vie."

Metella

And I realize how useless wails are and how gratuitous melancholy is.

Le Roman de l'adolescent myope

I was raised in a nominal Roman Catholic home, but without any really strong faith there.

Frederica Mathewes-Green

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

Dave Barry

Roman: [an armed UAV is in pursuit of the car in which are Tej, Roman and Ramsey] First a tank, then a plane, now we got a spaceship? Tej: That's not a spaceship, that's a drone. Roman: Oh, it's a drone? Now you're gonna be articulate and break it do...

Furious Seven

Sometimes you just have to trust your instincts; it may be all you have to trust.

The Roman General: A Novel

My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.

Joseph Barbera

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

Peter Jennings

There will be pages. Lots and lots of pages. Most of the pages will have letters on them, and a vast majority of these letters will be in the Roman alphabet.

Aaron Allston

Simplicity could only have been bought at a great price in accuracy.

Christianizing the Roman Empire:

War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Never base motivation or fear, entirely.

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof.

Thomas Hobbes

I had always thought, for 'Roman Empire,' I would love to do the death of Marcus Aurelius in the snow. One morning I woke up, and it was really snowing.

Anthony Mann

If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

Dan Quisenberry

I think that it [the Church] stands for everything most hostile to the mental emancipation and stimulation of mankind. It is the completest, most highly organized system of prejudices and antagonisms in existence. Everywhere in the world there are ig...

Crux Ansata: An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church

The Romans were a strong power before Virgil, but the Greeks had captured their imaginations. While Rome conquered physical Greece, Greek mythology had enveloped Rome. The Empire coul be confident in itself until a Roman poet matched Homer and harmon...

The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization

Cultures reflect the interactions of mixed populations.

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

The way to a landowner's heart was to tax gently.

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

It is not triumph which defines a man, but tragedy. Triumph always brings out the best in men, but tragedy shows us what we are made of.

The Roman General: A Novel