Roman

Famous quotes containing the word roman:

    “The Roman Empire stood appalled:
    It dropped the reins of peace and war
    When that fierce virgin and her Star
    Out of the fabulous darkness called.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.”
    —François Rabelais (1494–1553)

    “How can I, that girl standing there,
    My attention fix
    On Roman or on Russian
    Or on Spanish politics?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)