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“From this a general rule is drawn which never or rarely fails: that he who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that predominancy has been brought about either by astuteness or else by force, and both are are distrusted by him who has been raised to power.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince: Translated by W. K. Marriott

“Truths are like flowers, better plucked at the right moment.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower

“You may turn monk if you will, but you will do it with your eyes open, not enthralled by the words of a hermit”
― The Bear and the Nightingale

“And at one point, you thought gruel was a satisfactory meal, until you grew some teeth and found the rest of the world’s food waiting. Now cease this line of thinking. It does not serve to make you stronger.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame