“Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.”
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What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals separated from law and justice he is the worst.
For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.