More quotes by Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
Man may, indeed, subdue nature, but he is subdued by his own thoughts.
Then philosophy appeared, and [finally] overthrew all the rules of the ancient polity.
It is a chaste fire; the union of the sexes must be removed far from its presence.
The ancient city, like all human society, had ranks, distinctions, and inequalities.
Ovid himself was forced to admit that Vesta was nothing else than a "living flame."
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