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“Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public property in riches and luxury.”
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“But as he stood watching Carthage burn, Scipio reflected on the fate of this once great power. Overcome with emotion, he cried. His friend and mentor Polybius approached and asked why Scipio was crying.
"A glorious moment, Polybiius; but I have a dread foreboding that some day the same doom will be pronounced on my own country." Scipio then quoted a line from Homer: "A day will come when sacred Troy shall perish, And Priam and his people shall be slain."
Scipio knew that no power endures indefinitely, that all empires must fall.”
― The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
"A glorious moment, Polybiius; but I have a dread foreboding that some day the same doom will be pronounced on my own country." Scipio then quoted a line from Homer: "A day will come when sacred Troy shall perish, And Priam and his people shall be slain."
Scipio knew that no power endures indefinitely, that all empires must fall.”
― The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
“if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
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