last-of-the-romans:“Not even for you, Antonius, can I stand another day of That Woman. You are
last-of-the-romans:“Not even for you, Antonius, can I stand another day of That Woman. You are aware that I’m ill, but you probably don’t know that I am dying. And I want to die in a properly Roman environment, free from the slighest whiff of That Woman. Oh, what fool you are, Marcus! Without her, you would have won. With her, you don’t have a chance.” - Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus Colleen McCullough’s Antony and Cleopatra -- source link