Ross Laidlaw > Quotes

“ABC I taught you when dealing with the Romans. A: accept nothing; B: believe nobody; C: check everything.”
― Ross Laidlaw, Theoderic: Imitation of an Emperor

“If, simply by nodding, you would acquire great riches, but at the same time bring about the death of an unknown mandarin in distant China – would you nod?”
― Ross Laidlaw, Justinian: The Sleepless One

“Nothing is lost; destruction is only a name for a change of substance Lucretius, On the Nature of Things, c. 50 BC”
― Ross Laidlaw, Justinian: The Sleepless One

“how a people who had raised such mighty works, could have allowed themselves to be conquered by illiterate barbarians.”
― Ross Laidlaw, Theoderic: Imitation of an Emperor