Better to reign in Rome for one day than a lifetime elsewher... - Nero

"Better to reign in Rome for one day than a lifetime elsewhere."

Nero

Emperor Ancient Rome 37–68

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"If you begin to live life looking forward to happiness in the future, you will never be happy. Happiness is now."

"I wish the Roman people had only one neck."

"What is an emperor without the love of his people?"

"It is more cruel to take life than to lose it."