—Why is there such great idleness inside the Senate house?
Why are the Senators sitting there, without passing any laws?
The barbarians, when they come, will legislate.
C.P. Cavafy, trans Mendelsohn
—Why is there such great idleness inside the Senate house?
Why are the Senators sitting there, without passing any laws?
The barbarians, when they come, will legislate.
C.P. Cavafy, trans Mendelsohn