Did Nero really say 'I have lived too long for my glory.'?

Nero Quote Source & Citation:

I have lived too long for my glory.

— Nero Contemporary · Roman Emperor, fiddled while Rome burned

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"I will make the world my playground of vice."

"I am the equal of Apollo in music, of the Sun in driving a chariot."

"What an artist dies in me!"

"I am the true Apollo."

"I must be the greatest poet of all time."

Shortly before his death

Date: 68 AD

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