cincinnatuses

Updated: May 23, 2025

They, too, called themselves, perhaps thought themselves, Cincinnatuses. But their ploughs and peaches did not suffice to them, and they longed again to be in every mouth, and to have, if not their deeds, then even their omissions blazoned in every paragraph. The palate accustomed to Cayenne pepper can hardly be gratified by simple salt.

Anthony Trollope - The Prime Minister