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To: dennisw

You don’t have a palace like that built for your successor. You build it because you are planning to stick around for a very long time.


13 posted on 07/17/2016 4:23:23 AM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: USNBandit

Yes, and the monstrosity that Nero built was torn down immediately after his death. The gold therein was melted down to replenish the Roman treasury, which Nero emptied to build the thing in the first place. The only thing which will outlive Erdogan is the memory of his vainglorious excess.

CC


16 posted on 07/17/2016 4:38:52 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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