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What does it matter whether millions of semi-brainless beings curse…
Quote byArthur Desmond · 1859–1929
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Rival Caesars (1903).
English (original)
What does it matter whether millions of semi-brainless beings curse or bless my memory? It is equally one to me whether they hang my bones in chains like they did the bones of Cromwell, or build a pyramid of stone over my mouldering coffin. Today only do I regard. Today I know. Today is mine. Today I wish to be something.
— Arthur Desmond
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