Sack Rome

Famous quotes containing the words sack and/or rome:

“If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be
old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know is
damned.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Napoleon wanted to turn Paris into Rome under the Caesars, only with louder music and more marble. And it was done. His architects gave him the Arc de Triomphe and the Madeleine. His nephew Napoleon III wanted to turn Paris into Rome with Versailles piled on top, and it was done. His architects gave him the Paris Opera, an addition to the Louvre, and miles of new boulevards.”
—Tom Wolfe (b. 1931)