The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.
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The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.
Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely to the fact that, never having played golf, they never knew that strange chastening humility which is engendered by a topped chip shot. If Cleopatra had been ousted in the first round of the Ladies' Singles, we should have heard a lot less of her proud imperiousness.
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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