Vespasian famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Dear me, I believe I am becoming a god. An emperor ought at least to die on his feet.
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Riches are well, if gotten well and spent well.
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It becomes an emperor to die standing (i.e., "in harness"). [Lat., Decet imperatorem statem mori.]
-- Vespasian
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My father was a film-maker. He always said he wanted to go like Humphrey Jennings, the legendary director who stepped backwards over a cliff while framing a better shot.
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He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
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I think death has a right to its own courage and dignity and self-respect.
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There's something dreadfully decisive about a beheading.
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Often in winter the end of the day is like the final metaphor in a poem celebrating death: there is no way out.
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So die as though your funeral Ushered you through the doors that led Into a stately banquet hall Where heroes banqueted.
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The dear, stupid body is as easily satisfied as a spaniel.
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There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe.
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Dear Artificer, I’ve blown my quanta and gone to the Good Place!
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Still are the thoughts to memory dear.
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