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“Appear as you may wish to be”
― Niccolò Machiavelli

“People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is nothing they can do. If you need to injure someone, do it in such a way that you do not have to fear their vengeance.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli

“There is some pleasure in having no pleasure.”
― Voltaire, Candide

“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”
― Kevin Alfred Strom