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Vespasian
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9–79
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9–79
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Pecunia non olet.Money has no smell.
upon Titus's objecting to his tax on public lavatories, Vespasian held a coin to Titus's nose; on being told it didn't smell, he replied, "Atque e lotio est [Yes, that's made from urine]"
Vae, puto deus fio.Woe is me, I think I am becoming a god.
when fatally ill
An emperor ought to die standing.
Vespasian (
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Pecunia non olet.Money has no smell.
upon Titus's objecting to his tax on public lavatories, Vespasian held a coin to Titus's nose; on being told it didn't smell, he replied, "Atque e lotio est [Yes, that's made from urine]"
traditional summary of Suetonius
Lives of the Caesars
"Vespasian" sect. 23
Vae, puto deus fio.Woe is me, I think I am becoming a god.
when fatally ill
Suetonius
Lives of the Caesars
"Vespasian" sect. 23, subsect. 4
An emperor ought to die standing.
Vespasian (
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9–79)
Suetonius
Lives of the Caesars
"Vespasian" sect. 24
Victoria, Queen
1819–1901
1819–1901
1
I will be good.
on being shown a chart of the line of succession, 11 March 1830
It was with some emotion…that I beheld Albert—who is beautiful.
of her first meeting with Prince Albert,
c.
1838
He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting.
of Gladstone
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.
on the Boer War during "Black Week", December 1899
We are not amused.
I will be good.
on being shown a chart of the line of succession, 11 March 1830
Theodore Martin
The Prince Consort
(1875) vol. 1, ch. 2
It was with some emotion…that I beheld Albert—who is beautiful.
of her first meeting with Prince Albert,
c.
1838
attributed; Stanley Weintraub
Albert: Uncrowned King
(1997)
He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting.
of Gladstone
G. W. E. Russell
Collections and Recollections
(1898) ch. 14
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.
on the Boer War during "Black Week", December 1899
Lady Gwendolen Cecil
Life of Robert, Marquis of Salisbury
(1931) vol. 3, ch. 6
We are not amused.
attributed, in Caroline Holland
Notebooks of a Spinster Lady
(1919) ch. 21, 2 January 1900
Vidal, Gore
1925–
1925–
1
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
in
Sunday Times Magazine
16 September 1973
Viera Gallo, José Antonio
1943–
1943–
1
Socialism can only arrive by bicycle.
Socialism can only arrive by bicycle.
Ivan Illich
Energy and Equity
(1974) epigraph
Vigny, Alfred de
1797–1863
1797–1863
1
J'aime le son du cor, le soir, au fond des bois.I love the sound of the horn, at night, in the depth of the woods.
Seul le silence est grand; tout le reste est faiblesse.
Silence alone is great; all else is feebleness.
J'aime le son du cor, le soir, au fond des bois.I love the sound of the horn, at night, in the depth of the woods.
"Le Cor" (1826)
Seul le silence est grand; tout le reste est faiblesse.
Silence alone is great; all else is feebleness.
"La mort du loup" (1843) pt. 3
Villiers, Philippe-Auguste
de L'Isle-Adam 1838–89
de L'Isle-Adam 1838–89
1
Living? The servants will do that for us.
Living? The servants will do that for us.
Axël
(1890) pt. 4, sect. 2
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