Italy will never be a normal country. Because Italy is Italy. If we were a normal country, we wouldn't have Rome. We wouldn't have Florence.... →
Matteo Renzi
That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain.
Goldwin Smith
All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
Tacitus
Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.
Giotto di Bondone