Violent men reel
from one extremity to another.
(Thomas Fuller (I): The Holy State & the Profane State.)
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Violent men reel
from one extremity to another.
(Thomas Fuller (I): The Holy State & the Profane State.)
Virtue itself needs limits.
(Montesquieu: De l’esprit des lois.)
Rats and conquerors must expect
no mercy in misfortune.
(Charles Caleb Colton: Lacon.)
Authority is never without hate.
(Euripides: Ion.)
Party is the madness of many
for the gain of a few.
(Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects.)
Political necessities sometimes
turn out to be political mistakes.
(Bernard Shaw: St. Joan.)
To find a new country and invade it
has always been the same.
(Dr Johnson: Introduction to The World Displayed.)
No victor believes in chance.
(Nietzsche: The Gay Science.)
War does not feed on fixed rations.
(Archidamus.)
All the armed prophets conquered,
all the unarmed ones perished.
(Machiavelli: The Prince.)