Nero — "What an artist the world loses in me!"

What an artist the world loses in me!
Nero — Nero Contemporary · Roman Emperor, fiddled while Rome burned

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Reported by Suetonius, uttered as he lay dying, lamenting his artistic talent.

Date: 68 AD

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