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Famous Suetonius Quotes
“Some people are slow to do what they promise; you are slow to promise what you have already done.”
Source: The twelve Caesars
“I found Rome built of bricks; I leave her clothed in marble.”
Source: The twelve Caesars
Source: The twelve Caesars
Source: Suetonius: Lives of the Caesars, book V-VIII ; Lives of illustrious men
“Few of Caesar's assassins outlived him by more than three years, or died in their beds.”
“General Quotations about Evenings Let us add this one more night to our lives.”
“Let the die be cast. [Lat., Jacta alea esto; or, jacta esa alea.)”
“These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo to communicate.”