"“‘The first in banquets, but the last in battle,’” quoted Pyrron. “Still and all, he suffered from the king’s disease.” “What is that?” “Self-conceit, which, as the proverb says, leads to self-destruction.”"
L. Sprague de Camp

January 1, 1970

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