He has gone over to the majority.
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PetroniusPetronius While fortune lasts you will see your friend’s face.
PetroniusPetronius The world wills itself to be deceived, so let it be deceived.
PetroniusPetronius Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.
PetroniusPetronius The world wants to be deceived.
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PetroniusPetronius Heaven is equally distant everywhere.
PetroniusPetronius Nothing is falser than people’s preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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Rick WarrenRick Warren A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless.
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Charles SchumerCharles Schumer The means of many outweigh the means of the few or one.
Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
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