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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.

October 23, 2025

9 months ago

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

November 18, 2025

8 months ago

Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first call promising.

May 14, 2025

1 year ago

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.

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