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“Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all passions.”
Barbara W. Tuchman
“Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all passions.”
Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam“A man may indeed be an honest man; but the folly of sacrifice, of virginity, of devotedness, of martyrdom, arises only from faith in the folly of the Cross.”
Emile Bougaud, The Life of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque“Folly is a child of power.”
Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam“To forsake wisdom is to seek folly,to seek folly is to seek evil,to seek evil is to be in the arms of the devil,and to be in the arms of the devil is be in the arms of death.”
Matshona Dhliwayo“He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks.”
La Rochefoucauld“Alas, where in the world have there been greater follies than with the compassionate?And what in the world has caused more suffering than the follies of the compassionate?Woe to all lovers who cannot surmount pity!Thus spoke the Devil to me once: Even God has his Hell: it is his love for man.And I lately heard him say these words: God is dead; God has died of his pity for man.”
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra“The limitation prompting folly " was an attitude of superiority so dense as to be impenetrable.”
Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam“Awful momentum makes carrying through easier than calling off folly.”
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