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Who is claudette Jul 27 #1
Cicero... 42 BC Rubyshoo Jul 27 #3
Full image FakeNoose Jul 27 #12
I just left-clicked on the image and the entire image popped up. generalbetrayus Jul 27 #21
Thank you! claudette Jul 27 #22
Cicero (cut off by the excerpt frame) TommyT139 Jul 27 #4
Who said this ??? SamKnause Jul 27 #2
See Post #3 Rubyshoo Jul 27 #5
Marcus Tullius Cicero hatrack Jul 27 #6
Although a good quote... Hugin Jul 27 #7
Not a 2,000-year-old warning, not from Cicero. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 27 #8
I wonder what a "fictional novel" is cyclonefence Jul 27 #10
The words themselves may be fictional, but the ideas attributed to Cicero are not. paleotn Jul 27 #15
The local library has a category named Christian Fiction. I used to move one of the Bibles from the main spike jones Jul 27 #17
I'd opt for "historical fiction" as a translation from archaic English to contemporary. n/t Igel Jul 27 #24
I think a "fictional novel" is like an "imaginary friend" cyclonefence Jul 27 #33
what! i'm appalled et tu Jul 27 #9
Indeed. Igel Jul 27 #25
i believe you! et tu Jul 27 #29
What?? ShazzieB Jul 27 #34
Whoever said it (and it was a woman--yah, girl-power) it describes the Gilded Turd very well. Timeflyer Jul 27 #11
Something I once heard DeepWinter Jul 27 #13
DeepWinter,,,, Upthevibe Jul 27 #19
Well, obviously that "anti-Christ" sucks at it. Igel Jul 27 #30
Yogi Berra said "I didnt really say all those things I said". twodogsbarking Jul 27 #14
Love this! Way to start my Saturday afternoon MaryMagdaline Jul 27 #26
Ain't Cicero but the ideas are taken from his writing and he would agree. paleotn Jul 27 #16
A lot of people don't like the republic. Igel Jul 27 #31
Here's what I don't understand about people who think they want a dictarship... ShazzieB Jul 27 #35
kick. n/t Upthevibe Jul 27 #18
Totally apropos. Martin68 Jul 27 #20
And if you need a modern-day example: there are few better than Argentina peppertree Jul 27 #23
Words of wisdom generalbetrayus Jul 27 #27
Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Jul 27 #28
We called that "reverse plagiarism" back in my day; dobleremolque Jul 27 #32
Berry juice ? Did they relax the blood requirement ? nt eppur_se_muova Jul 27 #36
This Twitter post is questionable. Cicero's date of death was 7 December 43 BC. RipVanWinkle Jul 28 #37
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