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Suetonius quotes: The die is cast.-

The die is cast.
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Suetonius quotes: General Quotations about Evenings Let us add this one more night to our lives.

General Quotations about Evenings Let us add this one more night to our lives.

Suetonius quotes: The fox changes his skin but not his habits.

The fox changes his skin but not his habits.

Suetonius quotes: A good shepherd shears his flock, not flays them.[Lat., Boni pastoris est tondere pecus non deglubere.]

A good shepherd shears his flock, not flays them.
[Lat., Boni pastoris est tondere pecus non deglubere.]

Suetonius quotes: Some people are slow to do what they promise; you are slow to promise what you have already done.

Some people are slow to do what they promise; you are slow to promise what you have already done.

Suetonius quotes: As the Jews were making constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he [ Claudius ] expelled them [the Jews] from Rome

As the Jews were making constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he [ Claudius ] expelled them [the Jews] from Rome

Suetonius quotes: If you did not know at age five that the gods are made up beings and the myths made up stories, you are a fool.

If you did not know at age five that the gods are made up beings and the myths made up stories, you are a fool.

Suetonius quotes: As for Gaius, he has no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse dry-shod across the Gulf of Baiae.

As for Gaius, he has no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse dry-shod across the Gulf of Baiae.

Suetonius quotes: Again, during a sacrifice, the augur Spurinna warned Caesar that the danger threatening him would not come later than the Ides of March.

Again, during a sacrifice, the augur Spurinna warned Caesar that the danger threatening him would not come later than the Ides of March.

Suetonius quotes: Let the die be cast.[Lat., Jacta alea esto; or, jacta esa alea.)

Let the die be cast.
[Lat., Jacta alea esto; or, jacta esa alea.)

Suetonius quotes: Few of Caesar's assassins outlived him by more than three years, or died in their beds.

Few of Caesar's assassins outlived him by more than three years, or died in their beds.

Suetonius quotes: Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

Suetonius quotes: When I am dead let the earth be dissolved in fire.

When I am dead let the earth be dissolved in fire.

Suetonius quotes: Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute thee.-

Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute thee.
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Suetonius quotes: These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo to communicate.

These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo to communicate.

Suetonius quotes: He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble.[Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.]

He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble.
[Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.]

Suetonius quotes: Punishment [by Nero] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition.

Punishment [by Nero] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition.

Suetonius quotes: So much for the Emperor; the rest of this history must deal with the Monster. - IV:22

So much for the Emperor; the rest of this history must deal with the Monster.
- IV:22