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Death is in my house

Ideas never die, Sire, and, though they may slumber for a time, they wake up stronger than when they fell asleep.

“Men”, he said, “are most certainly not equal.”

I have taken the place of Providence to reward the good; now let the avenging God make way for me to punish the wrongdoer.

Misfortune is needed to plumb certain mysterious depths in the understanding of men; pressure is needed to explode the charge.

You people, who hold power, have only what can be bought for money; we, who are waiting to gain power, have what is given out of devotion.

A ponderous tome.