

“Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.”
― The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
― The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist

“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.”
― The Prince
― The Prince

“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― The Prince
― The Prince

“Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.”
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
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