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E.A. Hackman in A.D.L. Scott 1995: Crimson tide.

 

Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.¹

 

Nisi impvnitatis cvpido retinvisset magnis semper conatibvs adversa.² Atqve aliqvis "iam nvnc doctas eat," inqvit, "Athenas; armiferam Thracen qvi regat, alter erit: exitvs acta probat". Careat svccessibvs, opto, qvisqvis ab eventv facta notanda pvtat.³

 

No need to give up a good theory just because it isn't true.

 

NOTES

 

1. B. Franklin 1755: Reply to the Governor, p.21.

2. P.C. Tacitvs 117: Annales XV, § L.

3. P.O. Naso 14 BC: Epistvla II, LXXXIII-LXXXVI.

4. R.J. Downey Jr. in J.R. Spottiswoode 1990: Air America.

 

REFERENCES

 

R. Minutolo 2023: Con la violenza si risolve tutto.

S.M. Hersch 1991: Samson option.

G. Nannini 1988: Hey bionda.

C.M. Cipolla 1988: Allegro ma non troppo.

F.H. Pierpont 1934: Rockwell typeface.

J.P. Sousa 1888: Semper fidelis.

C.P.G. Clauswitz 1832: Vom kriege.

N. Machiavelli 1513: Il Principe.

 

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