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“Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined.” Niccolò Machiavelli, “The Prince” - 1532

“The penalty is death: yet hope of gain Hath lured men to their ruin oftentimes.” Sophocles, “Antigone” - c. 441 BC

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