One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. Persuasion
In contrast, once food can be stockpiled, a political elite can gain control of food produced by others, assert the right of taxation, escape the need to feed itself, and engage full-time in political activities. Guns, Germs And Steel
For what is there more hideous than avarice, more brutal than lust, more contemptible than cowardice, more base than stupidity and folly? On The Laws
What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men. Fragments
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