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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 world today
Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today. Arthur Erickson
rome house half
For, just as it has been said that there is no half-way house between Rome and Reason, so it may be said that there is no half-way house between State Socialism and Anarchism. Benjamin Tucker
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 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
rome seem severity understand
Rome is burning, and they don't seem to get it. I don't think they understand the severity of the problem. Jeff Cook
rome wife nuisance
If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance. Augustus
rome doctrine looks
Thirty centuries of history allow us to look with supreme pity on certain doctrines which are preached beyond the Alps by the descendants of those who were illiterate when Rome had Caesar, Virgil, and Augustus. Benito Mussolini
rome may all-things
All things may be bought in Rome with money. Juvenal
may oppression begets
Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself. Charles Dickens
may invention condensation
Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve.
may maintaining conquer
Hannibal knew better how to conquer than how to profit by the conquest; and Napoleon was more skilful in taking positions than in maintaining them. As to reverses, no general cart presume to say that he may not be defeated; but he can, and ought to say, that he will not be surprised.
may modern poet
Subtract from many modern poets all that may be found in Shakespeare, and trash will remain.
may finals tomorrow
To-morrow even may bring the final reckoning. Charles Spurgeon
may certain made
We may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in His Word, He intended to be conspicuous in our lives.
may forget ifs
If we are unduly absorbed in improving our lives we may forget altogether to live them. Alan Watts
may conversation used
While a truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Alan Moore
may mood used
It's subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined. Alan Bennett
all-things i-can
I can't be all things to everyone. Delta Goodrem
all-things
All things are full of gods. Aristotle
all-things oneself
All things are already complete in oneself. Confucius
all-things
Push it. examine all things intensely and relentlessly. Annie Dillard
all-things concealed
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed. Sophocles
all-things bigots
My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small. John Wesley
all-things
Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things. Thales
all-things
Who is content with nothing possesses all things. Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
all-things
I am now in control of all things. Jim Harbaugh