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> [We see the pernicious effects of luxury in the ancient Romans, who immediately found themselves poor as soon as this vice got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/we-see-the-pernicious-effects-of-luxury-in-the-ancient-romans-who/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

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> [We see no where the pernicious effects of luxury on a republic more than in that of the ancient Romans, who immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/we-see-no-where-the-pernicious-effects-of-luxury-on-a-republic-more/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

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> [The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/the-ancient-romans-built-their-greatest-masterpieces-of-architecture/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [“THE ANCIENT ROMANS were used to being defeated. Like the rulers of most of history’s great empires, they could lose battle after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/the-ancient-romans-were-used-to-being-defeated-like-the-rulers-of/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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