empire Quotes

“Loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on crumbles, they, too, fade away.”

“Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.”

“Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch of the ranged empire fall; here is my space. ”

“We fought and froze and died for the sake of an empire that has no purpose.”

“The most powerful trade empire of its time was no more.”

“Tomorrow he would begin the task of breaking down the empire of Opium. It was a huge and terrifying job, but he wasn’t alone.”

“The Prince Giglio, by reason of his tender age at his royal father’s death, did not feel the loss of his own crown and empire. As long as he had plenty of toys and sweetmeats, a holiday five times a week and a horse and gun to go out shooting when he grew a little older, and, above all, the company of his darling cousin, the King’s only child, poor Giglio was perfectly contented.”