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There is no fellowship inviolate,
no faith is kept, when kingship is concerned.

Nulla sancta societas
Nec fides regni est.

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As quoted by Cicero in De Officiis Book I, Chapter VIII - translation by Walter Miller

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To kingship belongs neither sacred fellowship nor faith.

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