“ What is rank if not protection from the consequences which fall upon common men? ”
Men of honour will always outstay men of undeserved rank.
~ A.h. Septimius
Even in peace there is war.
Those who looked with revulsion at the oppressive might of her arms, were obliged to marvel at the egalitarian nature of her social programmes.
Seconds feel like centuries when I am not in your presence.
