The example of Pompeius, expecting in fretful inaction the offer of supreme power, warned him that the crown he saw shining in the distance must be seized...
The Fall of the Roman Republic Charles Merivale Longmans, Green, & Co. 1872
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I destroy myself by augmenting unnecessary self-deprecating understandings of beauty. But that's also what keeps me satisfied.
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The Fall of the Roman Republic
Charles Merivale
Longmans, Green, & Co.
1872
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I destroy myself by augmenting unnecessary self-deprecating understandings of beauty. But that's also what keeps me satisfied.
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