Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence. - Tacitus

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We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage. Jesus and the early Christians had a marvelous political imagination. They turned all the presumptions and ideas of power and blessing upside down.

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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.

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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

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