"What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew."

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Source : "In Rufinum". II. 52. Reported in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", p. 677, 1922.

Claudius Claudianus

#Rome Quotes #Traitor Quotes

“Every empire eventually falls.”
“Never call a girl fat, even if you're joking.”
“The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.”

Source : Lafcadio Hearn (2012). “Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn”, p.18, tredition
“An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.”
“When posh boys get into trouble they sack the servants.”
“I'm selfish, I think. I think an artist has to be. I'm not worried about what people think. I play the parts that I find interesting. It'd bother me more to be just pigeonholed into doing what people think is ethical or that's boring to me. I don't pick parts with that in mind, I just find interesting stories. If it's interesting to me, then I do it.”
“Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.”
“I love seeing live music.”

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