I am persuaded. . . that both man and woman bear pain or sorrow, (and, for aught I know, pleasure too) best in a horizontal position.
All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure
Augustus gradually increased his powers, taking over those of the senate, the executives and the laws. The aristocracy received wealth and position in proportion to their willingness to accept slavery. The state had been transformed, and the old Roman character gone for ever. Equality among citizens was completely abandoned. All now waited on the imperial command.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
I've got love in my life, as well as trouble and strife.
When you spend seven years of your life working on something that youre really passionate about, and other people end up loving it, too, that just makes all of the work worthwhile.
It seems to me that there are certain thoughts and vignettes and attitudes that I have always had the desire to represent.
I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism.