It Is A Greater Advantage To Be

No One Respects A Talent That Is Concealed.

Dulce Bellum Inexpertis. - War Is Lovely For Those Who Know Nothing About It.

They May Attack Me With An Army Of Six Hundred Syllogisms; And If I Do Not Recant, They Will Proclaim Me A Heretic.

In Short, No Association Or Alliance Can Be Happy Or Stable Without Me. People Can't Long Tolerate A Ruler, Nor Can A Master His Servant, A Maid Her Mistress, A Teacher His Pupil, A Friend His Friend Nor A Wife Her Husband, A Landlord His Tenant, A Soldier His Comrade Nor A Party-goer His Companion, Unless They Sometimes Have Illusions About Each Other, Make Use Of Flattery, And Have The Sense To Turn A Blind Eye And Sweeten Life For Themselves With The Honey Of Folly.

Scarcely Is There Any Peace So Unjust That It Is Better Than Even The Fairest War. -vix Ulla Tam Iniqua Pax, Quin Bello Vel Aequissimo Sit Potior