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Cato was the most vociferous enemy of Carthage, notoriously, tediously but ultimately persuasively ending every speech he made with the words ‘Carthage must be destroyed’ (‘Carthago delenda est’, in the still familiar Latin phrase).
Mary Beard • SPQR
Although he had his 'spin doctor' Eusebius compose a suitably obsequious biography for him, he was actually a monster — just like many Roman Emperors before him.
Peter Gandy • The Jesus Mysteries: Was The Original Jesus A Pagan God?
En vez de hacerlo feliz, a Marta le parecía que a Carlos la Presidencia de Guatemala le había amargado la vida. Siempre andaba irritado, angustiado y sospechando intrigas y conspiraciones de todos quienes lo rodeaban.
Mario Vargas Llosa • Tiempos recios (Spanish Edition)
obloquy
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker

Gaius Julius Zoilos
Mary Beard • SPQR
mitezza e perseveranza irremissibile nelle deliberazioni ben ponderate;
Marco Aurelio • I ricordi (Einaudi tascabili. Classici) (Italian Edition)
Odilia Palomo de Castillo Armas posaba de muy católica y tenía el apoyo del arzobispo y los curas, que ahora lo controlaban todo. La tal Odilia era una fierecilla. Defendía con uñas y dientes los que creía sus derechos. Martita se rio con la cara pegada contra la almohada de plumas. Había una guerra civil por aquello en Guatemala entre los partidar
... See moreMario Vargas Llosa • Tiempos recios (Spanish Edition)
he asked the oracle to tell him whether anyone was wiser than I was, and the Pythian prophetess answered, that there was no man wiser.