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“And people always think there’s hope, even when they’re standing over an open grave.”
― Life with a Star
― Life with a Star
“The years merge: my memory forms but a single fresco whereon are crowded the events and travels of several seasons.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian
“Of all the joys which are slowly abandoning me, sleep is one of the most precious, though one of the most common, too. A man who sleeps but little and poorly, propped on many a cushion, has ample time to meditate upon this particular delight.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian
“O my brave men! Stout hearts of mine!
who often have suffered worse calamities with me,
Let us now drown your cares in wine.
Tomorrow we venture once again upon the boundless sea.”
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who often have suffered worse calamities with me,
Let us now drown your cares in wine.
Tomorrow we venture once again upon the boundless sea.”
―
“I have nevertheless reached the age where life, for every man, is accepted defeat.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian
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