What Are Those Tapestries
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Description: Blaise Pascal quote: All the excesses, all the violence, and all the vanity of great men, come from the fact that they know not what they are: it being difficult for those who regard themselves at heart as equal with all men... For this it is necessary for one to forget himself, and to believe that he has some real excellence above them, in which consists this illusion that I am endeavoring to discover to you.
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Description: Digital remaster of the 1872 painting by the french artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. "Pollice Verso" (Latin: with a turned thumb) was a significant source of inspiration for the 2000 film Gladiator. Check out my album "SPQR" for more high quality remasters of paintings depicting the Roman way of life, and death.
