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> [“Some would say it hardly mattered what women thought of Tavius, that even senators' wives, like Mucia, had no power to shape events. But what if Portia, Brutus's beloved wife, rather than encouraging his plan to assassinate Julius Caesar, had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/some-would-say-it-hardly-mattered-what-women-thought-of-tavius-that/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

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## More by Phyllis T. Smith

> [“Any woman who says she does not want to guide the actions of the man she loves is, in my opinion, lying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/any-woman-who-says-she-does-not-want-to-guide-the-actions-of-the-man/)

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> [“Somewhere here there’s important information I absolutely need,” Tavius said. “But it’s hard for anyone else to sort out what I should know about.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/somewhere-here-there-s-important-information-i-absolutely-need-tavius/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“In his arrogance, Caesar had even renamed one of the months of the year—the most beautiful summer month—Julius, after himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/in-his-arrogance-caesar-had-even-renamed-one-of-the-months-of-the/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“A day is a day whether you are a washerwoman or a baker or the ruler of Rome.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/a-day-is-a-day-whether-you-are-a-washerwoman-or-a-baker-or-the-ruler/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“Some would say it hardly mattered what women thought of Tavius, that even senators' wives, like Mucia, had no power to shape events. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/some-would-say-it-hardly-mattered-what-women-thought-of-tavius-that/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“managed to ride it out. Tavius ordered”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/managed-to-ride-it-out-tavius-ordered/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“promised myself I would never cry again for this cause. I would not attend anymore to my guilt, or my regrets about the past.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/promised-myself-i-would-never-cry-again-for-this-cause-i-would-not/)

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> [“The defeated gladiator fought reasonably well, and at the end, with a sword to his throat, raised his hand to appeal for mercy. Tavius…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/the-defeated-gladiator-fought-reasonably-well-and-at-the-end-with-a/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“The past lives in us, and blood is blood. We cannot escape, though we may wish to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/the-past-lives-in-us-and-blood-is-blood-we-cannot-escape-though-we/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“Sometimes the most direct road is not the best one. Often men do not know this, but it is something girls learn young.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/sometimes-the-most-direct-road-is-not-the-best-one-often-men-do-not/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“I have often thought,” she said, “that women are the only true adults in the world, and men are a species of children. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/i-have-often-thought-she-said-that-women-are-the-only-true-adults-in/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“I have often thought,” she said, “that women are the only true adults in the world, and men are a species of children. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/i-have-often-thought-she-said-that-women-are-the-only-true-adults-in-2/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“I wonder how many women from time immemorial have thought that if only women could rule the world it would be better than it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/i-wonder-how-many-women-from-time-immemorial-have-thought-that-if/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“Old age can be a deceiver. My knees ache when I walk, but if I sit still, I do not feel so different from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/old-age-can-be-a-deceiver-my-knees-ache-when-i-walk-but-if-i-sit/)

[Phyllis T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-t-smith/)

> [“Livia has gotten bad press. Rumor has a way even now of attaching to women who break the conventional mold, and it certainly did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-t-smith/livia-has-gotten-bad-press-rumor-has-a-way-even-now-of-attaching-to/)

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