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rome purpose genius
Genius, when employed in works whose tendency it is to demoralize and to degrade us, should be contemplated with abhorrence rather than with admiration; such a monument of its power, may indeed be stamped with immortality, but like the Coliseum at Rome, we deplore its magnificence because we detest the purposes for which it was designed. Charles Caleb Colton
rome cities paris
America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the political capital, and the financial hub. C. Wright Mills
romeo-and-juliet-play
Take it in what sense thou wilt. William Shakespeare
rome london pavement
Commuting in a wheelchair is not easy. I live in a very old part of Rome. These cobbles everywhere... terrible! In London, it is the same. Every pavement is uneven. Bernardo Bertolucci
rome europe curiosity
The savage nations of the globe are the common enemies of civilized society; and we may inquire, with anxious curiosity, whether Europe is still threatened with a repetition of those calamities, which formerly oppressed the arms and institutions of Rome. Edward Gibbon
rome history evil
Whatever evils either reason or declamation have imputed to extensive empire, the power of Rome was attended with some beneficial consequences to mankind; and the same freedom of intercourse which extended the vices, diffused likewise the improvements of social life.
rome years cities
At the hour of midnight the Salerian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the Imperial city, which had subdued and civilised so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia.
rome america empires
America is the new Roman Empire. Remember what happened to Rome. Eddie Izzard
rome history people
The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
curiosity wonder habit
Make curiosity a wonder-ful habit. Chip Conley
curiosity cabbage want
Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It's accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know. David McCullough
curiosity factor looks seen
We've already seen what (Clark) looks like. The curiosity factor is gone. Marc Berman
curiosity causes assumption
Never was there a dogma more calculated to foster indolence, and to blunt the keen edge of curiosity, than the assumption of the discordance between the former and the existing causes of change. Charles Lyell
curiosity leisure example
Curiosity, or the love of knowledge, has a very limited influence, and requires youth, leisure education, genius and example to make it govern any person David Hume
curiosity entering edges
Curiosity is thought on its entering edge. Charles Henry Parkhurst
curiosity looks hearing
I was brought into the curiosity of it because with Sony Pictures Classics, which bought the movie, they look into what the feedback is and base that off of how they release it, and you end up hearing the feedback and getting that early talk. So the reviews early on that were "bad reviews," they were kind of reviewing another movie. Don Cheadle
curiosity littles way
We have relatively little time and a whole lot of curiosity, so the most efficient way to get there is what we do, and that often happens to be some form of science. Jamie Hyneman
curiosity entered longer moment overcame truth
When the moment of truth came, when we entered the city, I was no longer afraid: my curiosity overcame the fear.
courtesy romeo-and-juliet-play
Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy.
courtesy manners great-person
Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages. Baltasar Gracian
courtesy evident treats whom
The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required. Joseph B. Wirthlin
courtesy holds mutual respect short together vague
Mutual respect and courtesy is one of the things that holds this vague organization together and that is in short supply.
courtesy police protection safe tonight
I feel so safe tonight with all of this police protection courtesy of G-Unit, Fat Joe
courtesy defence courtesy-manners
There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. E. V. Lucas
courtesy craig given later talking
We've given Craig the courtesy of talking to him at a later date.
courtesy gathers kindness plants
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. Saint Basil
courtesy hurt kindly speak
To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.