Midway on life’s journey

I found myself in a dark wood,

for the straight path was lost.

DANTE ALIGHIERI,

The Divine Comedy, 1308–1321



It cannot be called virtue to kill one’s fellow citizens, betray one’s friends, be without faith, without pity, without religion; by these methods one may indeed gain power, but not glory.

NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI,

The Prince, 1513

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