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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.
amusement autograph came high local matthew stood
The only autograph I ever got, which I do not have anymore, was Matthew Fox when he was on 'Party Of Five.' I was in high school, and he came to our local amusement park, and I stood in line and got an autograph. Riki Lindhome
amusement chasing pool three trips using
Now I'm the father of three young boys, I find myself using GoPro to film them more than anything - trips to the amusement park, the beach, the pool - just chasing them around as they grow. Nick Woodman
amusement hollywood type
Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed. Bela Lugosi. Bela Lugosi
amusement condition forgetting medical mixture mum sit suffering
When I think back to my childhood, it's with a mixture of amusement and embarrassment. I was always forgetting things. My mum called me scatty because I could never sit still. But there was no sense I was suffering from a medical condition as such. Rory Bremner
amusement deceiving graves
Amusement allures and deceives us and leads us down imperceptibly in thoughtlessness to the grave Blaise Pascal
amusement illness retiring
The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of yourselves; seek happiness in amusement." And this is not true. Illness comes. Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.
amusement pleasure recreation
To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.
amusement sake deceiving
Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us.
amusement-parks amusement parks
We live in God's amusement park. Dean Koontz
our-society knows
Our society is changing so rapidly that none of us can know what it is or where it is going. Edwin Land
our-society resistance inquiry
How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society? Bill Nye
our-society fantasy life-is
I have never indulged our society's misguided notion that my personal life is relevant to my work, so any reporting surrounding that is necessarily hearsay, speculation or fantasy. Billy Crudup
our-society moral compass
The more cashless our society becomes, the more our moral compass slips. Dan Ariely
our-society facts poor
The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. Barbara Ehrenreich
our-society spheres adults
Previously the same Polish audiences would have been pressured into seeing cinema made for adults, films made by us about those spheres of life that were significant for us and which should be significant for our society. Andrzej Wajda
our-society prevention reactions
One of the biggest changes in our society is the shift from prevention to reaction... Clay Shirky
our-society collapse precarious
Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse. Doris Lessing
our-society information depth
We lament the speed of our society and the lack of depth and the nature of disposable information. David Ogden Stiers