Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981) Croatian writer
Aristocrats of Spirit, in: Eseji IV, p.76 (Zora, 1963)
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“Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!”
En Romanos, rerum dominos, gentemque togatam!
Augustus (-63–14 BC) founder of Julio-Claudian dynasty and first emperor of the Roman Empire
Said disparagingly of a group of men in cloaks, quoting Virgil's The Aeneid. Augustus allowed only those wearing a toga and no cloak to enter the Forum; in Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 40. Translation: Robert Graves, 1957.
“Yield, ye arms, to the toga; to civic praise, ye laurels.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman
Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi.
Book I, section 77
De Officiis – On Duties (44 BC)
“See the stone set in your eyes,see the thorn twist in your side.I wait for you”
Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2
"With or Without You"
Lyrics, The Joshua Tree (1987)
Context: See the stone set in your eyes, see the thorn twist in your side. I wait for you
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008) British writer
"To Whom It May Concern", from Adrian Mitchell's Greatest Hits (1991).
“We are a part of this take-down culture where people are trying to twist your words.”
Cory Booker (1969) 35th Class 2 senator for New Jersey in U.S. Congress
2019
Source: https://twitter.com/steinhauserNH1/status/1096852721800544256
“Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare.
I think some people in togas are plotting against me.”
Henry N. Beard book Latin for All Occasions
Latin for All Occasions (1990)
