Nelson Mandala

"Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant." "Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world." – James Howell, "Letters", Book II. Letter 2.

"LOCK-AND-KEY, n. The distinguishing device of civilization and enlightenment." – Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" (1911).

"Timarchus ... has nothing left, not a house, not an apartment, not a piece of ground, no slaves, no money at interest, nor anything else from which honest men get a living. On the contrary, in place of his patrimony, the resources he has left are lewdness, calumny, impudence, wantonness, cowardice, effrontery, a face that knows not the blush of shame—all that would produce the lowest and most…

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