“My appetite for power, and for money, was undeniable, as was the craving for glory (to give that beautiful and impassioned name to what is merely our itch to hear ourselves spoken of).”
Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
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“My appetite for power, and for money, was undeniable, as was the craving for glory (to give that beautiful and impassioned name to what is merely our itch to hear ourselves spoken of).”
Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
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