I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse,—borne away with every breath!
Sardanapalus Quotes
Sardanapalus (7th century BC) was a legendary king of Assyria, remembered by the Greeks as a jaded voluptuary. He figures as a literary persona in many later works.
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sardanapalus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.