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Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

— Publilius Syrus

More from Publilius Syrus

  1. Familiarity breeds contempt.
  2. We should provide in peace what we need in war
  3. Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
  4. I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
  5. Proximum ab innocentia tenet locum verecunda peccati confessio.
  6. It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
  7. Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
  8. Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere.

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  • ethics
  • law
  • power
  • crisis
  • survival

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