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November 14, 2025

He preferred to be rather than to seem good.

Sallust (86–35 BC), Roman historian and politician, Bellum Catilinae, 54.6, of Cato the Younger

Is this true of yourself? Or is appearance what matters to you?

Best of all is to seem to others to be as good as you prefer to be and in fact are.

June 8, 2025

1 year ago

Democracy is the process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

January 18, 2025

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To succeed pre-eminently in English public life it is necessary to conform either to the popular image of a bookie or of a

March 3, 2025

1 year ago

‘Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?’ ‘No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country’

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