Sack Rome

Famous quotes containing the words sack and/or rome:

“Say the woman is forty-four.
Say she is five seven-and-a-half.
Say her hair is stick color.
Say her eyes are chameleon.
Would you put her in a sack and bury her,
suck her down into the dumb dirt?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“What? Rome dares not desire what you desire? How do you use your absolute power?”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)