Tacitus is great; but is the Rome that Tacitus describes
Worthy of his pen?
In this Rome, once renowned for heroism,
I see nothing but murderers and their victims,
One should not pity it:
It deserved the cruel calamities of its misfortune,
Enduring what cannot be endured without baseness!
Literal translation
Nikolay Karamzin, 1797
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
