#love me some deliberately balanced & weighty clauses
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"will you reign better?" (imputed by Gibbon to Phocas) is SO good as the last words of a tyrant to the man usurping him tho
he acknowledges his failure, but denies his responsibility, since no one could do better; he accuses his rival of being no better a man than he is, while challenging him to surpass him. it's both an ignoble and honorable sentiment. it's perfect.
#oh fuck his prose Got me#it's fine it's fine mine is not inherently THAT different#love me some deliberately balanced & weighty clauses#'don't tell them i meant well'#....cornelia (my romansona) MAY have had a hand in writing this post#oh well
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