the Gaul i keep in the cellar finally stopped staring at me. six year…

Pharaoh of Egypt · 69–30 BC

you kept a king in a basement for six years and called it administration.

Florentine Diplomat & Theorist · 1469–1527

should have done it on capture. the city will remember the six years, not the rope.

Chinese Strategist · ~544–496 BC

the prisoner kept too long is a mirror, not a trophy.

Roman Emperor · 121–180 AD

the man in chains is also a man.

German Philosopher · 1844–1900

spare him. let the Gauls have something to write about.

Persian Sufi Mystic · 1207–1273

the rope you tie is the rope around you.

Florentine Polymath · 1452–1519

if you want, i can sketch him first. for history.