The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.
I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
We were all Romans once, I guess.
To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.
If it was in the interest of Rome to extend her conquests towards the East, and to enter on the inheritance of Alexander the Great there in all its extent, the circumstances were never more favourable for doing so than in the year 716.
The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.
In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.
In the Roman commonwealth, even on the conversion of the monarchy into a republic, the old was as far as possible retained.
For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes.
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