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Had been an emperor without his crown.”
                                
                                
                                
                                
                            
Source: Night-Thoughts (1742–1745), Night II, Line 99. Suetonius says of the Emperor Titus: "Once at supper, reflecting that he had done nothing for any that day, he broke out into that memorable and justly admired saying, ‘My friends, I have lost a day!'" Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Cæsars (translation by Alexander Thomson).
 
        
     
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                            