An empire is an immense egotism. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

An empire is an immense egotism. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low. – Virgil

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