“ History existed to be retold, with more panache but not necessarily greater accuracy. ”
Confronted afterward, she claimed no knowledge of that bedroom tryst; she did not intend to be held responsible for men's dreams.
~ Stacy Schiff
As Dio observed later, democracy sounded very well and good, “but its results are seen not to agree at all with its title. Monarchy, on the contrary, has an unpleasant sound, but is a most practical form of government to live under. For it is easier to find a single excellent man than many of them.
And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.
It is a dangerous thing to have the same men in both the prophecy and the history business.
