[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Reminds me of the old saw; "it bodes ill for the State when a dog lays dying at it's masters gate."

[dighton]

Reminds me of the old saw; "it bodes ill for the State when a dog lays dying at it's masters gate."

A dog starv’d at his master’s gate
Predicts the ruin of the state.

-- William Blake, Auguries of Innocence.