it would serve as pretext for proving that my so-called virtues were only a series of masks, and for building about me a trite legend of tyranny which would cling to me perhaps to the end of history.
heriotza haiek beti izango ziren nire ustezko bertuteak mozorro-sail bat besterik ez zirela frogatzeko erabiliak, beharbada Historiaren amaierara arte neure ospeari itsatsita eramango nuèn tiranoirudi edo kondaira faltsu bat fabrikatzerainoko puntuan.