“As for Aliki - if you were to stand in the middle of Rome and say the name Sophia Loren, or Paris and say the name Catherine Deneuve or Brigitte Bardot, or L.A. and the name Marilyn Monroe, it's like standing in Athens, or anywhere in wide-flung Greece, and saying Aliki Vougiouklaki. A huge star - and so little known elsewhere in the world.” IfsWorldLittlesNamesStarsKnownMiddleHugeStandingWideParisRomeElsewhereGreeceAthensSophia Author:Ali Smith
“It is certain that satirical poems were common at Rome from a very early period. The rustics, who lived at a distance from the seat of government, and took little part in the strife of factions, gave vent to their petty local animosities in coarse Fescennine verse.” LittlesGovernmentCertainCommonPeriodsDistanceLocalsSeatsSatireRomeVersesStrifePettyFactionsSatiricalAnimosityCoarse Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“The eagle suffers little birds to sing, And is not careful what they mean thereby, Knowing that with the shadow of his wings He can at pleasure stint their melody: Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.” MenMeanLittlesSufferingPleasureKnowingBirdShadowWingsCarefulMelodyRomeEaglesGiddy Author:William Shakespeare