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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.
paris world made
What an immense impression Paris made upon me. It is the most extraordinary place in the world! Charles Dickens
paris terror-attacks president
President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks. Al Sharpton
paris car grandfather
Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. Al Jardine
paris people
In Paris you're always surrounded by French people. David Sedaris
paris people frightened
People are often frightened of Parisians, but an American in Paris will find no harsher critic than another American.
paris parent rodin
Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it. Camille Claudel
paris white crumbling
White as a winding sheet, Masks blowing down the street: Moscow, Paris London, Vienna all are undone. The drums of death are mumbling, rumbling, and tumbling, Mumbling, rumbling, and tumbling, The world's floors are quaking, crumbling and breaking. Edith Sitwell
paris clothes tables
The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month. Ed Bradley
paris months six
I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment. Beau Garrett
village london outsiders
Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider. Diane Abbott
village saws cold
Where I lived, it was a cold mining place, a village called Dunston. The only time you saw a Rolls-Royce was when somebody died. Brian Johnson
village today steps
I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down the steps of the Village Vanguard, which still exists today. Adolph Green
village
I'd like to see them do more of this so we don't have to go to Cocoa Village all the time. H. Hunt
village england ifs
Manchester, one of the greatest, if not really the greatest mere village in England. Daniel Defoe
village poverty realizing
Since the whole village was poor, we didnt realize our own poverty. I was happy. Bidzina Ivanishvili
village india language
The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule. Mahatma Gandhi
village way spinning
There is no better way of industrializing the villages of India than the spinning wheel.
village emigration metropolis
Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. John Berger