His de rebus Caesar certior factus et infirmitatem Gallorum veritus,
quod sunt in consiliis capiendis mobiles et novis plerumque rebus
student, nihil his committendum existimavit.
(Julius Caesar on the Gauls)
Jeez! Eighteen centuries before the Revolution, Caesar found them "novis
plerumque rebus student"; ever desirous of revolution.
Ed