Suetonius, of Augustus and the city of Rome, in Lives of the Caesars, Divus Augustus, XXVIII, 3.
„I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.“
— Augustus founder of Julio-Claudian dynasty and first emperor of the Roman Empire -63 - 14 v.Chr
Marmoream relinquo, quam latericiam accepi.
Quoted in Svetonius, Lives of the Cesars, Aug., XXVIII, 3
„Aware that the city was architecturally unworthy of her position as capital of the Roman Empire, besides being vulnerable to fire and river floods, Augustus so improved her appearance that he could justifiably boast: "I found Rome built of bricks; I leave her clothed in marble."“
Urbem neque pro maiestate imperii ornatam et inundationibus incendiisque obnoxiam excoluit adeo, ut iure sit gloriatus marmoream se relinquere, quam latericiam accepisset.
— Sueton, buch The Twelve Caesars
Quelle: The Twelve Caesars, Augustus, Ch. 28
„He is a winner. He is the inheritance of Real Madrid.“
— Raúl González Spanish footballer 1977
Fabio Capello (15/11/99)
About
— Iltutmish Sultan of Mamluk Sultanate 1210 - 1236
Iltumish. Isami, II, 221. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1994). Muslim slave system in medieval India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 4
— Robert Skidelsky Economist and author 1939
Quelle: John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman (2003), Ch. 27. Portraits of an Unusual Economist
— Vitruvius, buch De architectura
Quelle: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book II, Chapter VIII, Sec. 16
„No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.“
— Plutarch ancient Greek historian and philosopher 46 - 127
Of Fortune
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
„Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor“
— Alexis Carrel French surgeon and biologist 1873 - 1944
„If a man has done evil in his life, he must not be complimented in marble.“
— Charles Sumner American abolitionist and politician 1811 - 1874
As quoted in Simon, James F., Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney (2006), Simon and Schuster, p. 268.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Poet, essayist, physician 1809 - 1894
The last Leaf; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
— Josef Albers German-American artist and educator 1888 - 1976
Homage to the square' (1964), Oral history interview with Josef Albers' (1968)
„Data! data! data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay.“
— Arthur Conan Doyle, buch The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Quelle: The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
— Jack Johnson (musician) American musician 1975
Staple It Together
Song lyrics, In Between Dreams (2005)
„Then he left her there, standing alone, surrounded by word ghosts; things she could have said.“
— Kristin Hannah American writer 1960
Quelle: Firefly Lane
— Alan O. Ebenstein American political scientist, educator and author 1959
Hayek's Journey: The Mind of Friedrich Hayek (2003)
Kontext: Hayek’s approach was largely Burkean. He saw much good in inherited institutions, and yet, at the same time, he also saw the desirability and necessity of change.
— James Reston Journalist, newspaper editor 1909 - 1995
Statement about Richard Nixon, as quoted in an article by Joe Sharkey in The New York Times (12 March 2000)
— Wilfrid Sheed English-American novelist and essayist 1930 - 2011
"Ernest Hemingway" (1977), p. 240
The Good Word & Other Words (1978)
