![[The] events by which the fate of nations is not materially changed, leave a faint impression on the page of history, and the patience of the reader would be exhausted by the repetition of the same hostilities [between Rome and Persia], undertaken without cause, prosecuted without glory, and terminated without effect.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-events-by-which-the-fate-of-nations-is-not-materially-changed-leave-a-fain.jpg)
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fate men wind
What fates impose, that men must needs abide; it boots not to resist both wind and tide. William Shakespeare
fate men should-have
I remember my agent at ICM at the beginning of my career telling me that I wasn't pretty enough, that I was always going to be a quirky sidekick. And he was an ogre of a man. He should have been carrying a torch. If he was in a bar, he couldn't have come near me, and then he was deciding my fate. Whitney Cummings
fate elephants two
When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate. Sara Gruen
fate men important
It did not matter, after all. He was only one man. One man's fate is not important. "If it is not, what is?" He could not endure those remembered words. Ursula K. Le Guin
fate done waste
Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest. Robert Hunter
fate
We hasten to alienate the very fates we intended to woo. Vladimir Nabokov
fate past destiny
It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute's delay or advance. William Makepeace Thackeray
fate honor training
Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.
fate littles way
When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
rome long wish
If you want to live in Tennessee, God bless you, I wish for you a long life and starry evenings. But that is not where I want to live my life. I want to live my life in Carthage, in Athens. I want to live my life in Rome. I want to live my life in the center of the world. I want to live my life in Los Angeles. Richard Rodriguez
rome names england
Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame. William Cowper
rome amusement our-society
Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters Saul Bellow
rome doe admire
Who does not more admire Cicero as an author than as a consul of Rome? Joseph Addison
rome me-alone
Rome alone can resist Rome. Pierre Corneille
rome church murder
Ritual murder is referred to in court files which are located in Rome. There are pictures in it which show that in 23 cases, the Church itself has dealt with the question. Julius Streicher
rome internet watersheds
Rome wasn't built in a day, and the internet is our new Rome Kanye West
rome sublime shifting
There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic. Paolo Sorrentino
rome never-change
I guess that's the thing about Rome: It never changes. Owen Wilson
would-be individual certain
That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be no distinguishable individuals of a species. Richard Owen
would-be be-good western
A Western would be good. I'd love to do a Western. Richard Jenkins
would-be cabins world
I'd never expected my first time to be in a cabin in the woods, but I realized the place didn't matter. The person did. With someone you loved, you could be anywhere, and it would be incredible. Being in the most luxurious bed in the world wouldn't matter if you were with someone you didn't love. Richelle Mead
would-be firsts patient
I feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question Why did you start using narcotics in the first place? should never be asked. It is quite as irrelevant to treatment as it would be to ask a malarial patient why he went to a malarial area. William S. Burroughs
would-be tonight want
If you want to know how rich you really are, find out what would be left of you tomorrow if you should lose every dollar you own tonight. William J. H. Boetcker
would-be eruption footnotes
[Footnote:] Pliny the Elder perished in 79 A.D. when he refused to flee from the great eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, insisting that everything would be all right. It wasn't. Will Cuppy
would-be prime ministers
If you had a European prime minister who experienced what we've experienced it would be expected that he would retire or resign, William F. Buckley, Jr.
would-be hell knows
If I had to lay bets, my bet would be that everything is going to go to hell, but, you know, what else have we got except hope? Richard Rorty
would-be feels
There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves. Samuel Richardson