Cary

“Think of it. Fifteen whole years-no small part of a mans life.-taken from us-all the most energetic have fallen to the cruelty of the emperor. And the few that survive are no longer what we once were. Yet I find some small satisfaction in acknowledging the bondage we once suffered. Tacitus, The Agricola”
― Tacitus, The Agricola and The Germania

“I figured it is always better to be unpopular by your own choice.”
― Tom Upton, Vanished

“Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales