To: DeLaine
“Qualis artifex pereo” is a little hard to translate. Purportedly Nero's dying words as the mutinying Praetorian were closing in on him.
One translation, “What [or such] an artist dies in me!” It reveals his character as a self-absorbed dilettante.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
McCain campaign slogan: Chicago delenda est.
18 posted on
06/22/2008 12:57:57 PM PDT by
Charles Henrickson
(Veni, Vidi, Vicki: I came, I saw, I'm like, Omigod!)
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