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On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche“The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.”
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime • Oscar Wilde““You can satisfy the people, for their object is more righteous than that of the nobles, the latter wishing to oppress, while the former only desire not to be oppressed.””
The Prince • Niccolo Machiavelli“Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.”
Book VIII • Marcus Aurelius“Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself.”
A Tale of Two Cities • Charles Dickens