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| Translator | Thomas Rice Holmes |
| First Written | -44 |
| Genre | History |
| Origin | Rome |
| Publisher | Librivox |
| My Copy | librivox recording |
| First Read | July 10, 2025 |
Commentaries on the Gallic Wars
The W. A. McDevitte translation has, from Book 2 Chapter 1:
… others of them, from a natural instability and fickleness of disposition, were anxious for a revolution
But the LibriVox recording I’m listening to is translated by
Thomas Rice Holmes (1855 - 1933) has
And it has “… while others, from instability and fickleness of temperament, hankered after a change of masters.”
Like: what a turn of phrase. How condescending! Those servile people, hankering after a change of masters! I feel like it’s describing a presidential election year.
Noted on July 10, 2025
The insolence with which they boasted of their victory, and astonishment at having put up so long with their outrages, pointed to the same conclusion. For it was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men who’s crimes they were minded to punish, in order that a complete reversal of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.
Quoted on July 10, 2025