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“Roman emperors wanted obedience, not martyrs. They had absolutely no wish to open windows into men’s souls or to control what went on there. That would be a Christian innovation.”
― The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
― The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
“Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.”
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“The city was filled to overflowing with persons who had neither brains nor individuality, who bore no resemblance to men that live by bread, and had only their outward shape to distinguish them from sheep.”
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“Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.”
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“Dissimulation is not fraud. It is an effort not to show things as they are. And it is a difficult effort: when we excel, others must not recognize our excellence. If someone were to become famous for his ability to disguise himself, as actors do, all would know that he is what he pretends to be. But concerning the true, excellent dissimulators, who have existed and exist still, we have no information.”
― The Island of the Day Before
― The Island of the Day Before
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