Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am compelled to say, is the most pernicious of all the habits formed by civilized man.
Constantine the Great
(PG comment: Don’t necessarily dismiss this. Constantine was a Roman emperor and you are not nor are you likely to be.)
This post was worth it just for your postscript, PG. Lol 😀
Hey, you don’t know this PG! Maybe I was an emperor in a former life. One of the nicer ones.
There were no nice Roman emperors. If you were one in a former life, you would be best off not to admit it.
I’m admitting nothing!
Well, PG, it is true that I am not a Roman Emperor, nor am I ever likely to be – a fact for which my wife and son should be profoundly grateful (being rather a traditionalist, I would need to have them executed…).
I don’t recall the quote from the historical tomes that I have consumed, but it sounds legitimate. Probably uttered just before he crossed the Alps to invade Italy, when all of his advisors were telling him “Numquam pugnam a terra bellum in peninsula.”
Well, it’s evident that Constantine put a lot of thought into this…
🙂