“Vitellius, in a better age you would have been one of the most virtuous men alive: how was it then that your upright nature acquired a sort of permanent stoop from playing the courtier?”
“It was inevitable under a monarchy, however, benevolent the monarchy. The old virtues disappear… Complacent anticipation of the monarch’s wishes is then the greatest of all virtues.”
— Sep 30, 2025 02:24PM
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