"Pietas prevailed, and out of the blood of Caesar the monarchy was born."

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Source : Ronald Syme (2002). “The Roman Revolution”, p.201, OUP Oxford

Ronald Syme

#Blood Quotes #Born Quotes #Monarchy Quotes

“It's nice to know that there are several different avenues I could pursue.”
“I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor thing's blood, and hear the ax; When I see calves and lambs, I see Them led to death; I see no bird Or rabbit cross the open field But what a sudden shot is heard; A shout that tells me men aim true, For death or wound, doth chill me through.”
“To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.”
“Put it this way: singing is not my day job.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Good fiction must be entertaining- but what makes fiction special- and True- is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a larger message.”
“If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.”

Source : Greenock, 19 September 1853.
“Judaism stands or falls with its belief in the historic actuality of the revelation at Sinai.”

Source : Joseph Herman Hertz (1996). “ספר חמשה חומשי תורה עם ההפטרות: נדפס על פי המסורה ומתורגם אנגלית”
“I'd like to direct at some point. But I don't know because 10 years ago I would have never imagined that I'd be here. So in 10 years from now, I might be running a rodeo.”

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