statesman-brigand

Updated: July 20, 2025

Thus they would pass from my hands into those of some statesman-brigand, who, under the plea of seizing these treasures for the coffers of the nation, would transfer them to his own. Would you rather help such an one to profit than me, Caron? Have you so far forgotten how we suffered together almost in the self-same cause at Bellecour, in the old days?

Rafael Sabatini - The Trampling of the Lilies