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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.

July 27, 2025

7 months ago

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.

January 31, 2025

1 year ago

It is we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; not yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.

October 23, 2025

4 months ago

Governments last as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.

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