The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
LIVYSuch is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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