Adrian Goldsworthy Quotes
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That something is not impossible does not mean that it happened.
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Napoleon was later to comment that it was better to have one bad commander than two good ones with shared authority.
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It is common for those who flourish under any system to feel that the failure of others is deserved.
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The story of the fifth century was one of the exploitation of imperial weakness. Thus the Western Empire died.
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Then as in so many periods, notoriety was more desirable for a politician than obscurity.
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A man who keeps asking you to trust him is always hiding something.
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Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic.
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Roman women kept their name throughout their lives, and did not change it on marriage.
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Quite openly, voters selected on the basis of perceived character and past behaviour rather than the views a candidate expressed. Where an individual’s nature was not obvious, the Roman people tended to be drawn to a famous name, for there was a sense that virtue and ability were inherited.
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For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense of history.