41 Quotes About Romans

Mijn leven was een veelheid van romans, het laat zich niet vangen in één tekst, daarvoor was het veel te chaotisch en bovenal compleet ongepland. In een roes heb ik het opgetekend, drie dagen en drie nachten lang.

What use is it to me to be able to divide a piece of land into equal areas if I‟m unable to divide it with a brother? What use is the ability to measure out a portion of an acre with an accuracy extending even to the bits which elude the measuring rod if I‟m upset when some high-handed neighbour encroaches slightly on my property?

Kiedy się zakochamy, zawsze najpierw oszukujemy siebie, a na koniec nieodmiennie zwodzimy innych. To właśnie świat nazywa romansem.

And it wasn’t just the subjugation of human beings that distressed her but the level of daily, almost casual brutality. Even for routine punishments there were blood-stained stakes, lead-tipped whips. She’s always rather admired the Romans, for their literacy, their order, their engineering, their respect for the law. Now, she was finding, she’d never fully imagined this side of their civilisation.

Another such victory over the Romans and we are undone.