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“If we approach medicine fearfully how much more so should we approach politics. But”
― Jordan M. Poss, The Last Day of Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Whatever ill or sorrow the devil may work in the world—and so much he works, Edgar, so much—God takes all and turns it to good. David sinned with the wife of Uriah, and God brought Solomon to the world. The father of all sinned in the garden, and we got Christ. Even Christ—betrayed and killed. But what came of it, Edgar? A way out of death. What”
― Jordan M. Poss, No Snakes in Iceland

“And now the current generation threatens to unmake anyone who wishes simply to live the way that made their success.”
― Jordan M. Poss, The Last Day of Marcus Tullius Cicero

“At last, he said, “They may be a despicable people, but only one thing can change that.”
― Jordan M. Poss, No Snakes in Iceland

“Someone might object that men have always been like us, that there was greed, effeminacy, and corruption from the foundation of the city, and I would point to proportion. Men so easily forget Nature and Reason, yes, and this is a constant inclination, and so far I agree with the objection. But in some places virtue is made easy and in others hard, and in Rome the former become the latter. You can see it in our leaders. Think of Cincinnatus, respected enough to be offered the dictatorship in a crisis, respectful enough to give it up when the crisis had passed. That is virtue. I think I can stop with this one example—no need to contrast him with recent dictators.”
― Jordan M. Poss, The Last Day of Marcus Tullius Cicero