--- title: "1 Imagine Spring Quotes By M.C. Scott" description: "1 Imagine Spring quotes by M.C. Scott. Plus more from M.C. Scott and more Imagine Spring sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/m-c-scott-17388_ancient-rome_imagine-melitene-land-of-plenty-under-sn_1317326.jpg" --- > [“Imagine Melitene, land of plenty, under snow and ice and high blue skies; imagine it in spring, with the meltwater running off the mountains and the herds going up to the high pastures to graze and their milk scented with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/imagine-melitene-land-of-plenty-under-snow-and-ice-and-high-blue/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/m-c-scott-17388_ancient-rome_imagine-melitene-land-of-plenty-under-sn_1317326.jpg) ## More by M.C. Scott > [“Governor Paetus...’ Lupus closed his eyes that we might not read the rage in them. ‘Governor Paetus has informed us that he will return…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/governor-paetus-lupus-closed-his-eyes-that-we-might-not-read-the-rage/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“It would have been easy to ask, then, ‘What of this Eagle?’, to have wheedled out of them all they knew: where it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/it-would-have-been-easy-to-ask-then-what-of-this-eagle-to-have/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“The dying go so swiftly at the end. Always the speed of their leaving catches me unawares; so much left to say, to promise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/the-dying-go-so-swiftly-at-the-end-always-the-speed-of-their-leaving/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“Tell me we’re not going to be stoking up the cook fires to build palisades through the night by their light.’ I stood, turning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/tell-me-we-re-not-going-to-be-stoking-up-the-cook-fires-to-build/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“He bared thick teeth. ‘I am Zacchariah. My price will be right. You show me now?’ In that moment, ten generations of horse-traders counted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/he-bared-thick-teeth-i-am-zacchariah-my-price-will-be-right-you-show/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“The mare on which the traitor had been seated at the time of his death was, obviously, no longer considered the best horse in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/the-mare-on-which-the-traitor-had-been-seated-at-the-time-of-his/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“Three old men with moon-silver hair and slow, ponderous movement took him in their arms and laid him on a marble slab and set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/three-old-men-with-moon-silver-hair-and-slow-ponderous-movement-took/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“So we left the spear in the wagon and I dressed and still was not sick and together we walked to the head of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/so-we-left-the-spear-in-the-wagon-and-i-dressed-and-still-was-not/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“We broke camp together and set off in our opposite directions: we of the XIIth and our allies marched east, towards the rising sun,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/we-broke-camp-together-and-set-off-in-our-opposite-directions-we-of/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“He is wounded, but he is still the Leopard, still dangerous. His eyes look through you, until they don’t. That’s when he’ll kill you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/he-is-wounded-but-he-is-still-the-leopard-still-dangerous-his-eyes/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“What of honour? What of courage? What of all the things that bind the legions together?’ He gave a shrug and a nod together,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/what-of-honour-what-of-courage-what-of-all-the-things-that-bind-the/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“The camp offices stood in the centre, adjoining the shrine to Jupiter that held the legion’s Eagle. In the camps of the Vth Macedonica…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/the-camp-offices-stood-in-the-centre-adjoining-the-shrine-to-jupiter/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“Silvanus, the camp prefect, took a step forward. I heard his voice every morning after parade, but had never listened to the tones of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/silvanus-the-camp-prefect-took-a-step-forward-i-heard-his-voice-every/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“In the centre of our line, eighty paces to my left, I felt Cadus raise his hand; I did not need to look. ‘Sound,’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/in-the-centre-of-our-line-eighty-paces-to-my-left-i-felt-cadus-raise/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) > [“I nursed that flame as if it were my only son, and all round the ram nineteen other men did likewise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-scott/i-nursed-that-flame-as-if-it-were-my-only-son-and-all-round-the-ram/) [M.C. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-scott/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine-spring/m-c-scott/#itemlist", "name": "1 Imagine Spring Quotes By M.C. Scott", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Imagine Melitene, land of plenty, under snow and ice and high blue skies; imagine it in spring, with the meltwater running off the mountains and the herds going up to the high pastures to graze and their milk scented with mint and citrus; imagine it in high summer, limpid in the day’s heat, with the hawks circling high above and the mares full fat with foal, swatting flies with their tails. Imagine that a man enters this idyll who does not know that he has come to paradise, who brings with him such ill luck as to make the statue of Fortune fall on her face at his passing and set the crows circling in murderous groups, eleven at a time, number of ill augur. Imagine such a man causing the minted milk to sour, and the men to sour with it, even before he gives the word to prosecute an unwinnable war, against the orders of his betters; or at least against Corbulo’s explicit command. Such a man was our new general and while you will have heard of the statue that fell on its face and the other ill omens – they became common enough currency in Rome soon after – you may not know that he disobeyed orders when he began his war.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "M.C. 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