Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar…

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Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar; massacred Jerusalem diminishes Titus. Tyranny follows the tyrant. Woe to the man who leaves behind a shadow that bears his form. ✨ Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). Les misérables, Dutton Adult
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Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar; massacred Jerusalem diminishes Titus. Tyranny follows the tyrant. Woe to the man who leaves behind a shadow that bears his form. ✨ Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). Les misérables, Dutton Adult

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