I confess that I do not see what good it does to fulminate against the English tyranny while the Roman tyranny occupies the palace of the soul. (James Joyce)

I confess that I do not see what good it does to fulminate against the English tyranny while the Roman tyranny occupies the palace of the soul.

James Joyce

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