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Lucius Cornelius Sulla

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Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (c. 138 BC – 78 BC) was a Roman General and Dictator.

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“He ought to have worked at the oar before steering the vessel.”
“I forgive the many for the sake of the few, the living for the dead.”
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
“How is this? Ought not the petitioner to speak first, and the conqueror to listen in silence?”
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
“No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full.
• His self-made epitaph, as quoted in Heroes of History : A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age (2001) by Will Durant; variant translation: "...nor enemy harmed me"”
Lucius Cornelius Sulla

About Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (c. 138 BC – 78 BC) was a Roman General and Dictator.