Quote by Ambrose Bierce
When in Rome, do as Rome does. - Ambrose Bierce

When in Rome, do as Rome does. – Ambrose Bierce

Other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. – Ambrose Bierce

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Justice
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Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions. – Ambrose Bierce

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Credit
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Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook. – Ambrose Bierce

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Cows
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Other Quotes from
City Life, Cities
category

In the small town each citizen had done something in his own way to build the community. The town booster had a vision of the future which he tried to fulfill. The suburb dweller by contrast started with the future – Daniel J. Boorstin

The cities of the world are concentric, isomorphic, synchronic. Only one exists and you are always in the same one. Its the effect of their permanent revolution, their intense circulation, their instantaneous magnetism. – Jean Baudrillard

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great. – Fred A. Allen

Paris, a city of gaieties and pleasures, where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief. About Paris – Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

Random Quotes

The Supreme Court of the United States… has validated the Nazi method of execution in… concentration camps, starving them to death. – Jack Kevorkian

Category:
Death

I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families. – Steve Kerr

Category:
Happiness

I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960s. – Carol P. Christ

Category:
Graduation

There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared never give up and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: – Shine! – Jimmy Smits

Category:
Business