Of which British 20th Century figure was its said by an American onlooker that his misfortune was that “He was born a Roman and died an Italian”? It could have been Churchill or possibly Keynes, though I think that Keynes died too early for the full weight of the lash to fall. But the phrase is not in Google and I need it for a piece I am writing. Though, of course, if you have lived this long from the days of the empire, you are in danger, though born Roman, of dying a Romanian. I wouldn’t like to claim Italian levels of civilisation for modern England.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\t
Of which British 20th Century figure was its said by an American onlooker that his misfortune was that “He was born a Roman and died an Italian”? It could have been Churchill or possibly Keynes, though I think that Keynes … Continue reading