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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. Edward Gibbon
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. Edward Gibbon
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. Edward Gibbon
noise higher
The more noise, the higher I get. Ed Belfour
noise evolve
Noise is evolving not only the endurers of noise but the needers of noise. Edwin Way Teale
noise trying
We were trying to make some noise. I told them that noise would get him rattled. Adam Coe
noise energy world
There's a lot of noise in the world, and the internet magnifies that energy. Ben Affleck
noise universe
How am I supposed to save the universe with all this noise?! Diane Duane
noise cages appreciated
John Cage made you realise that there wasn't a thing called noise, it was just music you hadn't appreciated. Brian Eno
noise hearing scared
I had really good hearing and when you're scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something. Billy Crystal
noise levels lord
Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord? Bill Hybels
noise ears world
If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked. Bill Hybels
wealth claims
Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth. David Korten
wealthy wanted
I always wanted to be wealthy. I did. Carl Lewis
wealth-of-knowledge long secret
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. That new, that personal, vision is attained only by looking long enough at the object represented to make it the writer's own; and the mind which would bring this secret gem to fruition must be able to nourish it with an accumulated wealth of knowledge and experience. Edith Wharton
wealth lost mediums
In the same manner if any nation wasted part of its wealth, or lost part of its trade, it could not retain the same quantity of circulating medium which it before possessed. David Ricardo
wealth source-of-happiness used
Wealth is only a source of happiness when it is used to do good for others Denis Waitley
wealth
He who has wealth has friends. Chanakya
wealth spending
Spending creates more wealth for everybody. Charles M. Schwab
wealth spontaneous resources
Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many. Bob Brown
wealth easy matrimony
There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony. Anthony Trollope