quotations about Rome
We can watch the sun in Rome
Sparkling on a palace dome
While we're holding hands at home
Just close your eyes
DEAN MARTIN
"Just Close Your Eyes"
As the old adage goes: When in Rome, do as the Romans do. That means rent a Vespa and rule the road.
CLAIRE ATKINSON
"Why Rome is cuter by scooter", New York Post, April 10, 2017
Rome was a civilization of haves and have-nots. It was a republic in which every male citizen could vote, but the elections were dominated by an aristocracy that routinely manipulated the process so that they kept power for themselves. The masses were bought off with promises of bread and circuses, while the wealthy dined at lavish banquets and ran the affairs of state.
PHILIP FREEMAN
"Rome Had Caesar. America Has Trump. The People Were and Are Desperate.", Huffington Post, November 10, 2016
The teacher reminded us that Rome's liberties were not auctioned off in a day, but were bought slowly, gradually, furtively, little by little; first with a little corn and oil for the exceedingly poor and wretched, later with corn and oil for voters who were not quite so poor, later still with corn and oil for pretty much every man that had a vote to sell--exactly our own history over again.
MARK TWAIN
"Purchasing Civic Virtue"
More imagination wanted at Rome than at home to appreciate the place.
HERMAN MELVILLE
Journal of a Visit to Europe and the Levant