The Man With Two Names

It is not death which is difficult to escape, gentlemen; no, it is far more difficult to escape wickedness, which pursues us more swiftly.

A victory means nothing without following it up with a second and third.

How, sir?” “They enact measures the people desire. So the plebs in the street clamor that their freedom isn’t being stolen—nay they are gaining it because of his measures! And Tiberius and his lot fanned this flame, so that he became the only elected official who protected the rights of the people, while the mean old Senate was condemning them. But that is how they lull people into a slumber! Then, once power is seized, they will do whatever is necessary to ensure that it is secured! They no longer need the approval of mere proletariats—they use violence to ensure their victory.

and Rome’s fat nobility are gorging themselves on the blood of the Republic, and I’m not so sure this great state will survive many more attacks from the likes of Jugurtha

There comes a time, Sertorius, when a man must decide: is it better to be a bad man and accomplish good things, or be a good man and accomplish nothing?

Is it better to be a bad man and accomplish great things, or be a great man and accomplish nothing?