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“The reforms of Diocletian were a work of genius and made many people temporarily happy, but failed in the end and added greatly to human misery. I see no reason why this inferior modern copy of them should succeed.”

— Diocletian

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Title: Wikiquote: Diocletian
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Diocletian. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Diocletian. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Diocletian

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