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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
My neocon friend sent me this:
I replied:
Get used to it already.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...and ROME failed too.
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Before you go ascribing too much wisdom to the Romans: Cicero never said any such thing. The quote is adapted from a 1965 historical novel depicting a fictional account of the life of Cicero, called
A Pillar of Iron--and was first attributed to the real Cicero on the floor of the House of Representatives in 1968.