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> [At a banquet Caligula was suddenly seized with a fit of helpless laughter. The consuls reclining next to him asked if they might share in the imperial merriment. Caligula, wiping the tears from his eyes, managed to gasp, "You'll never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/at-a-banquet-caligula-was-suddenly-seized-with-a-fit-of-helpless/)

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## More by Suetonius

> [ Punishment \[by Nero\] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/punishment-by-nero-was-inflicted-on-the-christians-a-class-of-men/)

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> [Alea iacta est (The die is cast)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/alea-iacta-est-the-die-is-cast/)

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> [ He \[Caesar Augustus\] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble. \[Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/he-caesar-augustus-found-a-city-built-of-brick-he-left-it-built-of/)

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> [If you did not know at age five that the gods are made up beings and the myths made up stories, you are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/if-you-did-not-know-at-age-five-that-the-gods-are-made-up-beings-and/)

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> [General Quotations about Evenings Let us add this one more night to our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/general-quotations-about-evenings-let-us-add-this-one-more-night-to/)

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> [Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tamed creatures, whose great moral task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/suetonius-in-holding-up-a-mirror-to-those-caesars-of-diverting-legend/)

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> [“Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/nothing-is-more-unpredictable-than-the-mob-nothing-more-obscure-than/)

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> [The fox changes his skin but not his habits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/the-fox-changes-his-skin-but-not-his-habits/)

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> [“The titles of his books are recorded as follows: The Twelve Caesars; Royal Biographies; Lives of Famous Whores; Roman Manners and Customs; The Roman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/the-titles-of-his-books-are-recorded-as-follows-the-twelve-caesars/)

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> [“On reflecting at dinner that he had done nothing to help anybody all day, he uttered these memorable and praiseworthy words: "Friends, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/on-reflecting-at-dinner-that-he-had-done-nothing-to-help-anybody-all/)

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> [At a banquet Caligula was suddenly seized with a fit of helpless laughter. The consuls reclining next to him asked if they might share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/at-a-banquet-caligula-was-suddenly-seized-with-a-fit-of-helpless/)

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> [These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo to communicate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/these-things-by-reason-of-our-friendship-i-have-not-hesitated-glo-to/)

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> [Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute thee. -](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/hail-caesar-those-who-are-about-to-die-salute-thee/)

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> [Again, during a sacrifice, the augur Spurinna warned Caesar that the danger threatening him would not come later than the Ides of March.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/again-during-a-sacrifice-the-augur-spurinna-warned-caesar-that-the/)

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> [“So much for the Emperor; the rest of this history must deal with the Monster. —IV:22”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/so-much-for-the-emperor-the-rest-of-this-history-must-deal-with-the/)

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