“A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally in the end betray itself.”
Livy, History of Rome
“Rome has grown so much since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness…The state is suffering from two opposite vices, greed and excesses; two plagues which, in the past, have been the ruin of every great empire.”
Livy, History of Rome
