“it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth, that is not living but existing. We must never just exist, we must live.”
― My Dear Young Friend: Letters on Youth, Faith and Future
― My Dear Young Friend: Letters on Youth, Faith and Future
Catherine’s 2025 Year in Books
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