When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
Original text (French)
Original text (French)
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.
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