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“We read of a certain Roman emperor who built a magnificent palace. In digging the foundation, the workmen discovered a golden sarcophagus ornamented with three circlets, on which were inscribed, "I have expended; I have given; I have kept; I have possessed; I do possess; I have lost; I am punished. What I formerly expended, I have; what I gave away, I have."”
Provenance
- Source:
- Tale xvi.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- ad0c6d7682bc74430c7c9ac16bfa41824fc22b4d24339056880fbace08a46da1
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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