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14 сентября 2023 г., 10:07
(...) It's a strange thing,... «A Murder on the Appian Way»
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It's a strange thing, but people like Cicero and Caelius like to be insulted." "Do they?"
"That's been my experience. I needle them, they needle me back. They know they have nothing to fear from me; nothing I might say can really hurt them. They enjoy my needling, the way one sometimes enjoys having a mosquito bite — the itch gives them something to scratch. Not like a bee sting; not like the bloody sores I've seen Cicero inflict on his enemies with a barbed word or two."
