💬 Quotes

"History is not a scroll of facts, but a tapestry woven from the threads of those who survived long enough to tell the lie."

"A crown does not bestow authority; it merely highlights the void where a conscience ought to be."

"You cannot slay the stone if you refuse to acknowledge the foundation upon which it stands."

"In the shadow of a scandal, the truth is a luxury that few can afford and even fewer care to purchase."

"To be broken is not the end of one's utility; sometimes, it is the only way to let the light shine through the jagged edges."

"Betrayal is a quiet poison, often administered by those who hold your hand while they sharpen the blade."

"Arms and the man I sing, who first from the coasts of Troy, exiled by fate, came to Italy and Lavinian shores."

"Facilis descensus Averno: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hic labor est."

"Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt."

"Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento (hae tibi erunt artes), pacique imponere morem, parcere subiectis et debellare superbos."

"Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo."

"Disce, puer, virtutem ex me verumque laborem, fortunam ex aliis."

"Love is a temporary madness, it is erupted like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part."

"A man who is not a fool can be a hero, but a man who is a fool can only be a nuisance."

"He played with a kind of desperate, abandoned virtuosity, as if he were trying to construct a soul out of music."

"Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident."

"The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth. The past is not gone; it is living in the present."

"I am a captain, and I am a musician. If you take away my mandolin, I am only a captain. If you take away my war, I am only a musician."

"Life is a game. It's a game of survival. If you don't fight, you'll be killed."

"In this world, there is no such thing as being fair. There is only the living and the dead."