Famous quotes containing the words roman and/or statesman:
“The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck.”
—Jerome (c. 340–420)
“A man so various, that he seemed to be
Not one, but all mankind’s epitome.
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong;
Was everything by starts, and nothing long:
But in the course of one revolving moon
Was chemist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)