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    Anaïs Nin
    “We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
    ― Anaïs Nin
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    Carlos Ruiz Zafón
    “There's no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds.”
    ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
    tags: languages, latin
    387 likes

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    Franz Kafka
    “You are the knife I turn inside myself; that is love. That, my dear, is love.”
    ― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena
    tags: kafka, letters, love
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    Thomas Fuller
    “With foxes we must play the fox.”
    ― Thomas Fuller
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    Euripides
    “When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.”
    ― Euripides
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    C.G. Jung
    “The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
    Carl Jung
    Swiss psychologist (1875 - 1961)”
    ― C.G. Jung
    tags: evil, sadism
    224 likes

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    W.H. Auden
    “Evil is unspectacular and always human,
    And shares our bed and eats at our own table ....”
    ― W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
    tags: evil, familiarity
    330 likes

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  • #8
    “What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.”
    ― De Rerum Natura Lucretius
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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
    ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
    6674 likes

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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.”
    ― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
    tags: political-philosophy
    1212 likes

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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
    ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
    tags: philosophy
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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”
    ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
    tags: deception
    965 likes

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  • #13
    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “…he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived.”
    ― Machiavelli Niccolo, The Prince
    434 likes

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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved”
    ― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with his ways.”
    ― Machiavelli Niccolo, The Prince
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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “There is nothing more important than appearing to be religious.”
    ― Niccolò Machiavelli
    tags: cynicism, dire
    274 likes

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  • #17
    Plato
    “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
    ― Plato
    tags: darkness, dishonesty, fear, light, willful-ignorance
    4319 likes

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  • #18
    Lao Tzu
    “He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: self-control
    266 likes



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