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“Curae leues locuntur, ingentes stupent.”

“Cui prodest scelus, is fecit.”

“Iniqua nunquam regna perpetuo manent.”

“Qui nil potest sperare, desperate nihil.”

“Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.”

“Pyrrhus: Lex nulla capto parcit aut poenam impedit.Agamemnon: Quod non vetat lex, hoc vetat fieri pudor.Pyr: Quodcumque libuit facere victori licet.Agam.: Minimum decet libere cui multum licet.”

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"“Perpetual peace is a dream,” he said, “as much as we may yearn for it—but war! War is an integral part of God’s ordering of the universe, without which the world would be swamped in selfishness and m…"

— Robert Charles Wilson

Literature1953

#war

"The life of this people greatly accords with my taste, which is naturally somewhat indolent and melancholy. ... To repose on voluptuous ottomans and smoke superb pipes, daily to indulge in the luxurie…"

— Benjamin Disraeli

Politics1804–1881

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"This is not some random misfortune we’re fighting. This is evil. And evil is predictable."

— Curtis C. Chen

Science1974

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"After the war etching became Kirchner's favorite medium. He attributed this to its responsiveness. 'Etchings', he wrote, 'develop in the first states the most immediate hieroglyphs. Rich in lively han…"

— Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Art1880–1938

#money