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A Quotation from “The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire: By: Edward Gibbon:

“Distinction of every kind soon became criminal. The possession of wealth stimulated the diligence of the informers; rigid virtue implied a tacit censure of the irregularities of Commodus; important services implied a dangerous superiority of merit; and the friendship of the father always insured the aversion of the son. Suspicion was equivalent to proof; trial to condemnation. The execution of a considerable senator was attended with the death of all who might lament or revenge his fate; and when Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse”

And, as an addendum, from a far lesser man:

“The Future they Imagine, is but the Repitition of The Past, as those who forsake the truth, shall soon find and Enemy in Fate”