"Awake, then! Here, here before your eyes, is the liberty you have often yearned for. . . Use me as your commander or as a soldier in the ranks: my heart and hands shall be at your service."

-Catilina, Bellum Catilinae, Sallust

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Password? *listens* "Cicero is a sellout? Correct! Come in, come in. Ah, there's no place like Rome. Salvete and welcome, friends of the conspiracy! Before you do anything else, please take a moment to note the rose, and meditate on it's likely meaning. It isn't simply an eccentrically displayed token from a secret admirer! Sub rosa means top secret. You do not tell your friends at the tavern what is said and done here: the same goes for your husbands or wives. So I must ask you to take the oath: I solemnly swear I am up to no good. Excellent, have some wine. How are you? I am remarkably well. My play is over and done with! It was amazing and thrilling and wonderful, and hopefully moving on to bigger venues! I see copyrights, autographs, royalties. . .well, perhaps not. The important thing is- - I could, and I did. Congratulate me.

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"Will the fires of change die with me? Is there no heir to those who carry the dagger and the torch? When I close my eyes at last, will the whole world go dark? This, I tell myself: it's this I fear. And yet, Tongilius. . . how I want to live!"

-Catilina Must Die