Some men simply refuse to appear insulted. But then, having felt the sting from the slap on their cheek, know just where to slip the knife, their smile never fading.
Andrew Levkoff
One has to be at least as ancient as I am now to see that if you try to make sense of life, if you look for patterns and meaning, not only are you bound to be disappointed, you are likely to waste a good deal of precious time.
fate life-experience life-lessons
Oh, I take your meaning now, Marcus, he said, as if comprehension had just dawned. You would have me harken back to a time when the outcome of a contest was not known until the voting. How nostalgic.
politics corruption
Yes, I have a romantic nature; it is a character flaw which should be viewed with pity, not derision.
romantic romance
We would soon be on our way to war, where mercy is unwise and kindness has no place.
kindness war mercy
The past is set down in a thousand thousand indelible scrolls. But the future is a blank parchment forever in wait of a present.
future past present present-moment the-past
Ignorance is an underrated virtue, my lord.
ignorance virtue
He wore the memory of her embrace like armor, and though he knew it would not save his life, it would be all that was left to him to ease his passage into whatever lay beyond.
memory life-and-death dying
It is laughable how often good manners interfere with my survival.
manners survival etiquette
Oh, the unintended consequences of perfidy!
lying
I think about that centurion from time to time and wonder, had he retired to a farm in Campagna, happy with his harvest of grapes and grandchildren, or had he fallen amongst his comrades on some distant, ruined field, defending the honor and the ever-expanding borders of the Republic? What we foreigners have failed to comprehend over the centuries is that the proud centurion would have found either fate equally satisfying. This is why Rome grows, and the rest of the world shrinks.
philosophy-of-life rome
revenge insult
You Romans wash too much to be true men. Washing is for women, to clean our breeches and our vests. And even they barely let their toes touch the stream! Hah!
roman
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