The Catiline Conspiracy Quotes

“At this time, about the only thing that was still regarded as perverted was a public display of affection toward one’s wife.”
― John Maddox Roberts, The Catiline Conspiracy

“Think nothing of it,” I said. “We’ve all wanted to kill Clodius from time to time.”
― John Maddox Roberts, The Catiline Conspiracy

“At least, when the great Temple of Jupiter had burned twenty years before, Sulla had had the good taste to restore it to its original design and condition. They don’t make tyrants like Sulla anymore.”
― John Maddox Roberts, The Catiline Conspiracy

“It is one of the most annoying aspects of conspiracy that it compels one to blunder about the streets at night. I got lost several times trying to find the house of Laeca, and it is always embarrassing to have to pound on doors and ask directions.”
― John Maddox Roberts, The Catiline Conspiracy

“I feel that my best work is ahead of me. I am embarrassed to look at my earlier writing now.”
― John Maddox Roberts, The Catiline Conspiracy