"I found Rome built of bricks; I leave her clothed in marble."

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Source : Suetonius (1980). “The twelve Caesars”, Penguin Group USA

Suetonius

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“Simply having children does not make mothers.”
“To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.”
“When we're alive, life consumes us. But when we die, all of the color and the motion is gone so quickly, it's as though it can no longer stand to be wasted on us.”
“I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. I feel as if this tree knows everything I ever think of when I sit here. When I come back to it, I never have to remind it of anything; I begin just where I left off.”
“Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and youâ€™re about as likely to find someone else interested in it.”
“Learn to Control your emotions or they will control you,”
“Do not be afraid of cooking as your ingredients will know, and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover it will pass your pleasure on to those who eat it.”

Source : Fergus Henderson (2012). “The Complete Nose to Tail: A Kind of British Cooking”, p.5, A&C Black
“This golf course, you miss a shot a little bit off-line, it's going to bite you.”

Source : PGA Championship press conference, www.pga.com. August 15, 2003.

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