Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Edgar Allan Poe Quotes: The Romans worshipped their standard; and the Roman standard happened to be an eagle. Our standard is only one tenth of an eagle,--a dollar, but we make all even by adoring it with tenfold devotion.
         

The Romans worshipped their standard; and the Roman standard happened to be an eagle. Our standard is only one tenth of an eagle,--a dollar, but we make all even by adoring it with tenfold devotion.


Edgar Allan Poe
Check all other quotes by Edgar Allan Poe

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Edgar Allan Poe Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 18 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-Romans-worshipped-their-standard-and-the-540986>.





Check out


Other quotes of Edgar Allan Poe


The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.



I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.



There is no beauty without some strangeness

There is no beauty without some strangeness



All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.



The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.



All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.



Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.



And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.



I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.



They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.





Other quotes you may like


I'm not stubborn. My way is just better.

I'm not stubborn. My way is just better.




The Mormons had a divine revelation in favour of polygamy, but under pressure from the United States Government they discovered that the revelation was not binding.

The Mormons had a divine revelation in favour of polygamy, but under pressure from the United States Government they discovered that the revelation was not binding.



Uncalled for excuses are practical confessions.

Uncalled for excuses are practical confessions.



Will Smith is a funny person, a very likable person, but at the same time he can be serious and really handle his business. I'll stay away from talking about his rapping abilities, though.

Will Smith is a funny person, a very likable person, but at the same time he can be serious and really handle his business. I'll stay away from talking about his rapping abilities, though.



Seeing artistically does not happen automatically. We must constantly develop our powers of observation.

Seeing artistically does not happen automatically. We must constantly develop our powers of observation.



I was a bio major, and I was going to take over my aunt's dental practice and be a dentist.

I was a bio major, and I was going to take over my aunt's dental practice and be a dentist.



Without any fight, just being a witness, mind disappears.

Without any fight, just being a witness, mind disappears.



If the American press corps were as concerned about the Tenth Amendment as it has been protecting the First and trying to get rid of the Second, this would be a far different country.

If the American press corps were as concerned about the Tenth Amendment as it has been protecting the First and trying to get rid of the Second, this would be a far different country.



I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden.

I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The Romans worshipped their standard; and the Roman standard happened to be an eagle. Our standard is only one tenth of an eagle,--a dollar, but we make all even by adoring it with tenfold devotion.". Author of this quote is Edgar Allan Poe. This quote is about happened, eagles, dollars, devotion,.