Season Of Caligula Quotes Free Download
But what s intolerable is to see one s life being drained of meaning to be told there s no reason for existing. When the time comes i ll have the courage to lose mine.
Let them hate me so long as they fear me.
Caligula quotes. Mister cameron i have read the unexpurgated ovid the love poems of sappho the decameron in the original and a great many texts in greek and latin histories that were not though fit for proper gentlemen to read much less proper ladies. Quotes tagged as caligula showing 1 16 of 16. Let them hate me so long as they fear me.
To lose one s life is no great matter. Founder co founder. Caligula was the emperor of rome for a short period from 37 to 41 ad.
Quoted in the tyrants. Born to general germanicus in 12 ad he was known as a kind and intelligent ruler during the initial first months of his reign but during the later years the accounts say that he turned into a savage king who was high on power. 5 notable caligula quotes.
Although i have taken the form of gaius caligula i am all men as i am no man and therefore i am a god. Let them hate me so that they will but fear me. Quercus publishing isbn 1905204965 these derive from a.
2500 years of absolute power and corruption 2006 p. I know in precise detail what caligula did to and with his sisters and i can quote it to you in latin or in my own translation if you wish. A man can t live without some reason for living.
Longinus you re not having any fun. I have existed from the morning of the world and i shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Albert camus caligula.
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