The best monuments are the works we leave behind. - Vespasian

"The best monuments are the works we leave behind."

Vespasian

Emperor General Ancient Rome 9–79

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"I wish I had never been emperor."

"Friends, I have often heard that it is a hard thing to grow old."

"It is the nature of man to desire peace."

"What a king I am leaving behind me!"