Punishment [by Nero] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition.
SUETONIUSLet the die be cast.
More Suetonius Quotes
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General Quotations about Evenings Let us add this one more night to our lives.
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If you did not know at age five that the gods are made up beings and the myths made up stories, you are a fool.
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He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble.
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These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo to communicate.
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Let the die be cast.
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Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute thee.
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When I am dead let the earth be dissolved in fire.
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Would that the Roman people had but one neck!
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Again, during a sacrifice, the augur Spurinna warned Caesar that the danger threatening him would not come later than the Ides of March.
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I found Rome built of bricks; I leave her clothed in marble.
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The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
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Few of Caesar’s assassins outlived him by more than three years, or died in their beds.
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A good shepherd shears his flock, not flays them.
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