<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358760" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Manuel Comninos</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">One dreary September day<br>Emperor Manuel Komninos<br>felt his death was near.<br>The court astrologers -bribed, of course- went on babbling<br>about how many years he still had to live.<br>But while they were having their say,<br>he remebered an old religious custom<br>and ordered ecclesiastical vestments<br>to be brought from a monastery,<br>and he put them on, glad to assume<br>the modest image of a priest or monk.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Happy all those who believe,<br>and like Emperor Manuel end their lives<br>dressed modestly in their faith.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Constantine+P.+Cavafy">Constantine P. Cavafy</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358760" data-title="Manuel Comninos de Constantine P. Cavafy" data-description="One dreary September day Emperor Manuel Komninos felt his death was near. The court astrologers -bribed, of course- went on babbling about how many years he still had to live. But while they were having their say, he remebered an old religious cus..."></div> </div> </div>

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