quotations about Rome
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.
RICHARD MEIER
attributed, The Ultimate Book of Quotations
Who set Rome on fire? The man we must admire. For killing his wife, and taking the life of mother and brother and so many others, while plucking his damnable lyre.
PAUL L. MAIER
The Flames of Rome
Her smile, I'm sure, burnt Rome to the ground.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI
House of Leaves
And if I were the king of Rome
I couldn't be more tragic
My fate to roam so far from home
In search of mindless magic
PET SHOP BOYS
"King of Rome"
There is so much to see in the Eternal City--the history so vast, the traffic so crazy, the food so enticing--that it's tempting to do what's easy and stay in a well-trod neighborhood steps from the Forum or the Trevi Fountain ... and legions of tourists. But then you'd be missing the flavor of Rome, with all its messiness, beauty, and surprise. For a more authentic experience, plunk down in one of Rome's less-frequented neighborhoods and savor the local culture, and then venture out from there.
MONA GABLE
"Two Must-Visit Tourist-Free Neighborhoods in Rome", Vogue, August 10, 2017
Rome is a very long way from normal Western standards of civility and decorum.
MASSIMILIANO TONELLI
"Rome is on the verge of collapse and needs urgent repair, leaders warn", The Telegraph, July 16, 2015
Living in Rome is either a one or a two, or a nine or ten. Not much in between. And some days it's both.
JUDITH WORKS
City of Illusions
When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall;
And when Rome falls--the World.
LORD BYRON
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
New Rome will be destroyed
By the attacks of new vandals.
God always remains silent.
DEJAN STOJANOVIC
Circling: 1978-1987
Is this what true power feels like?
Racing round my veins
Like a motorbike
It's the fall of Rome
My Caligula syndrome
SOFT CELL
"Caligula Syndrome"
Three days in Rome
I laid my heart out
I laid my soul down
I'll always remember
Three days in rome
SHERYL CROW
"The Book"
Rome is not just degradation.
VIRGINIA RAGGI
"Rome not just degradation says M5S candidate Raggi", ANSA, February 25, 2016
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Focus looking forward the Colosseum
Oh no! what did I say? what can I say?
Rome Rome many tears have fallen here
I'll be driving, you look the other way
PHOENIX
"Rome"
Rome is a layered city. To be able to see that history you need to look through those layers.
ERIK STEINER
"Thousands of Rome's historical images digitized with help of Stanford researchers", Stanford News, June 29, 2017
You'll fall in love
Your heart is home
When you are young
Among the seven hills of rome
The world is old but love is new
And when in rome your heart will tell you what to do
MARIO LANZA
"Seven Hills of Rome"
In my own opinion, the average American's cultural shortcomings can be likened to those of the educated barbarians of ancient Rome. These were barbarians who learned to speak--and often to read and write--Latin. They acquired Roman habits of dress and deportment. Many of them handily mastered Roman commercial, engineering and military techniques--but they remained barbarians nonetheless. They failed to develop any understanding, appreciation or love for the art and culture of the great civilization around them.
J. PAUL GETTY
How to Be Rich
For Rome is sometimes cold and rainy in the winter in spite of all the naked statues.
JOHN CHEEVER
The Stories of John Cheever
Rome, the legend, founded upon fallen Troy and triumphant over fallen Carthage, had stood for a heroism which was the nearest that any pagan ever came to chivalry. Rome had defended the household gods and the human decencies against the ogres of Africa and the hermaphrodite monstrosities of Greece. But in the lightning flash of this incident, we see great Rome, the imperial republic, going downward under her Lucretian doom. Scepticism has eaten away even the confident sanity of the conquerors of the world.
G. K. CHESTERTON
The Everlasting Man
The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every State which has risen to eminence have drawn their nourishment and vigor from a similar wild source. It was because the children of the Empire were not suckled by the wolf that they were conquered and displaced by the children of the Northern forests who were.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
"Walking"
The city is crumbling
Like Rome or Pompeii
And there's nothing to do
But get out of the way
SHAWN COLVIN
"Fall of Rome"