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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.
significant-things movie-love important
It always seemed to me like it was a significant thing to do with one's life to be an actor 'cause I love movies and I felt like, not to be grandiose about it, but there is something important about film with the function it provides to general society. Charlie Hunnam
significant
Money can't buy life. Bob Marley
significant ifs
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
significant-things names achievement
Nobody has achievements like this ... you cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none. Brian Mulroney
significant-change way doe
Business has to change the way it does business, or we will make no significant changes in the way we relate to the earth. Dennis Weaver
significant-things people may
There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most. Alain de Botton
significant-change needs wake-up
There needs to be a shift in consciousness; there needs to be an absolute wake-up call before society can actually make the kind of incredibly significant changes that need to happen. Annie Lennox
significant 1960s publishing
All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers. Donald E. Westlake
significant
To you to live a significant life, you have to become intentional. John C. Maxwell
pantheon picks
One of the things that appealed to me most about comics was that you can pick the ones you like and build your own personal pantheon. Chris Ware
pantheon hale
Hale is in the American pantheon not because of what he did but because of why he did it. Nathan Hale
pantheon said rate
Somebody asked Somerset Maugham about his place in the pantheon of writers, and he said, "I'm in the very front row of the second rate." I'm sort of haunted by that. Stephen King