QUOTES ABOUT ANCIENT ROME

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“Rome was not built in a day.” – Proverb

“I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.” – Augustus Caesar

“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” – Saint Ambrose

“All roads lead to Rome.” – Proverb

“Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.” – Venerable Bede

“Rome has grown since its humble beginnings, that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.” – Livy

“Rome has spoken; the case is closed.” – Saint Augustine

“Rome cannot be built in one day, but its destruction can be achieved within minutes.” – Emperor Nero

“Rome never looks where she treads.” – Ovid

“Rome, the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.” – George Eliot

“When Rome burns, the poet weeps in gold.” – Oscar Wilde

“Rome is the fountain from which the world drinks.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.” – Giotto di Bondone NO ONE IS BETTER THAN YOU QUOTES

“Rome – the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.” – George Eliot

“Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.” – Anatole Broyard

“Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does.” – Venerable Bede

“Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.” – Robert Graves

“The greatest empire is to be emperor of oneself.” – Seneca

“To err is human; to forgive, divine.” – Seneca

“They will call it the Eternal City, but I think of it as the Undying City. An emptiness gnawed at the city’s heart. An emptiness like hunger.” – Kate Quinn

“Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.” – Giotto di Bondone

“In Rome, where all roads lead to and every street seems to whisper of the past, you are reminded that there is always history to be found around every corner.” – Unknown

“Rome is not like any other city. It’s a big museum, a living room that shall be crossed on one’s toes.”

“Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.” – Anatole Broyard

NO ONE IS BETTER THAN YOU QUOTES