Rome and Pavia weren't built in a day.

Portuguese proverbs
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Ruins of Rome, by Bellay

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Ye heavenly spirits, whose ashy cinders lie
Under deep ruins, with huge walls opprest,
But not your praise, the which shall never die
Through your fair verses, ne in ashes rest;
If so be shrilling voice of wight alive
May reach from hence to depth of darkest hell,
Then let those deep Abysses open rive,
That ye may understand my shreiking yell.
Thrice having seen under the heavens' vail
Your tomb's devoted compass over all,
Thrice unto you with loud voice I appeal,
And for your antique fury here do call,
The whiles that I with sacred horror sing,
Your glory, fairest of all earthly thing.

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poem by Edmund Spenser
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We later moved to Rome, where I am presently living.

quote by Grazia Deledda
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The farther from Rome the nearer to God.

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An ass in Germany is a professor in Rome.

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Who goes to Rome a beast returns a beast.

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I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome.

quote by Cecilia Bartoli
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A donkey in Saxony is a professor in Rome.

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If there be a hell, Rome is built over it.

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When you are at Rome, do as the Romans do.

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Who goes a beast to Rome, a beast returns.

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I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

quote by Julius Caesar
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That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain.

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To Pius IX

THE cannon's brazen lips are cold;
No red shell blazes down the air;
And street and tower, and temple old,
Are silent as despair.
The Lombard stands no more at bay,
Rome's fresh young life has bled in vain;
The ravens scattered by the day
Come back with night again.
Now, while the fratricides of France
Are treading on the neck of Rome,
Hider at Gaeta, seize thy chance!
Coward and cruel, come!
Creep now from Naples' bloody skirt;
Thy mummer's part was acted well,
While Rome, with steel and fire begirt,
Before thy crusade fell!
Her death-groans answered to thy prayer;
Thy chant, the drum and bugle-call;
Thy lights, the burning villa's glare;
Thy beads, the shell and ball!

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poem by John Greenleaf Whittier
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The problem for Rome, then, is how and when the intervention should be done with a sense of the possibility of going too far in limiting the freedom of theologians. This is not an easy time - neither for Rome nor for the theologians.

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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

quote by Caesar Augustus
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Heart Of Rome

(words & music by stephens - blaikley - howard)
In a little while youre leavin
Starting on the journey home
Soon Ill be alone, the one who loves you
La la la la la, somewhere in the heart of rome
Ill make a wish in every fountain
Say a prayer that youll return
Minutes Ill be counting
May the fire of love still burn
Ill keep your picture by my pillow
And pretend Im not alone
Make believe that you are with me
La la la la la, in the heart of rome
Suddenly the tears are falling
As we hear the whistle blow
Hold me very close before you leave me
La la la la la, somewhere in the heart of rome
Ill make a wish in every fountain
Say a prayer that youll return
Minutes Ill be counting

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song performed by Elvis Presley
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The court of Rome likes not sheep without wool.

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AAAC) Rome

In old Rome everybody did his own work.
There were the slaves all over the world,
Unluckily the world has not changed,
Luckily those slaves could become freedmen.
The ten ases coin valued more than the Greek dram,
The Romans did not devalue their denarius.
As a kid one read about old Rome hoping to grow up.
Machiavelli dreamt he came back to old Rome changing his clothes in the evening.
We held our suits and have our homework.
A Lady gave her daughter a copper jewel box as a dowry.
We know she's a great catch that girl with her cista Ficoroni.

poem by Paolo Giuseppe Mazzarello
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Ye may not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope.

Scottish proverbs
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