“ What had, moments ago, appeared a dangerous gambit, now seemed an elegant coup de maître. ”
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.
