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"This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire." »Voltaire
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"The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman nor an Empire." »Voltaire
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"I am the Roman Emperor, and am above grammar." »Emperor Sigismund
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"Would that the Roman people had a single neck [to cut off their head]." »Caligula (Gaius Caesar), From Suetonius
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"Would that the Roman people had a single neck to cut off their head." »Caligula
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"Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals." »Henry Spencer
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"It was a grand trait of the old Roman that with him one and the same word meant both honor and honesty." »Advance
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"The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true by the philosopher, as equally false and by the magistrate, as equally useful." »Edward Gibbon
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"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved...the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars." »Jack Kerouac, "On the Road"
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"The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to love, mad to talk, mad to be saved the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars." »Jack Kerouac
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"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars." »Jack Kerouac
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"It is folly for an eminent person to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph." »Joseph Addison
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"When you are at Rome live in the Roman style when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere." »Saint Ambrose
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"When you are at Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere." »Saint Ambrose, Taylor
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"The knowledge, wealth, and development gaps among nations is reducing and the reign of superpowers is shortening. Just look at the history of the Roman, Islamic, Russian and British empires, the newer the power the shorter the reign. In the economic and business worlds the same power cycles apply. Ford, IBM, Nokia and other companies all lost their leadership position to newer companies." »Med Jones
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"The knowledge, wealth, and development gaps among nations is reducing and the reign of superpowers is shortening. Just look at the history of the Roman, Islamic, Russian and British empires, the newer the power the shorter the reign. In the economic and business worlds the same power cycles apply. Ford, IBM, Nokia and other companies lost their leadership position to newer companies faster than their predecessors" »Med Jones
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