“Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly, Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky, From Rome to Iceland, Paris to Japan, I really think the greatest fool is man.” ThinkingMenEarthWaterSkyFoolCreaturesParisJapanSwimRomeCreepsIceland Author:Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
“Rome was so mighty that it could not fall. It had to vanish in a cloud, like so many of the mythical heros of antiquity, and to receive its apotheosis among the stars before men became fully aware that it had vanished from the earth!” MenEarthFallStarsHeroCloudsRomeAntiquityApotheosis Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“In the second century of the Christian era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.” BookEarthChristianMankindCenturyErasEmpiresCivilizedRomePortionsRoman EmpireFall Of Rome Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire