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“Saturninus, on the other hand, was the first to show the demagogues of the future generations just how far cynically manipulated mob violence could push a man’s career forward.”
― The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
― The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
“Giving up the obsession of sign-values and the subservient fascination of the social pyramid, allows us to set priorities in life, find out the core of our true self and appreciate being “in” the moment. ("Keeping up with the Joneses" )”
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“We're more than our mistakes. We're more than what people expect of us.”
― This Is Where It Ends
― This Is Where It Ends
“For tyranny is a kind of monarchy which has in view the interest of the monarch only; oligarchy has in view the interest of the wealthy; democracy of the needy: none of them common good of all.”
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“People who live according to the pure code of honor are not governed by the profit motive; they are governed by the thymotic urge, the quest for recognition. They seek the sort of glory that can be won only by showing strength in confrontation with death.”
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