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This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Money creates a power relationship between the payer and the payee.

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

Empire and liberty.

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.