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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 8, 2025

1 year ago

…see how sensitive the citizens become: they chafe impatiently at the least touch of authority and at length

April 24, 2025

1 year ago

Generosity is part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it

November 2, 2025

9 months ago

When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something, not that it is a pragmatic necessity

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