When Augustus learnt that Herod's own son was amongst the infants unde… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

When Augustus learnt that Herod's own son was amongst the infants under two years of age, whom he had caused to be slain, he said that it was better to be Herod's pig than his son.--Macrobius, _Sat._, book ii, chap. 4.

Place: Part I, 1, 2, c. 1, section 4.[44] · ¶534
License: Public domain · Source
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