“But such their power who rule with tyrant sway,
Whom most they loath the people most obey.”
John Hoole (1727–1803) British translator
Book XXXVII, line 774
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“It’s not by chance that most of the basketball players are tall men, nor that most of the transvestite are homosexuals. It’s also not a coincidence that most of those who hold the power are ambitious people. In other words, it’s not a coincidence that the world is ruled by people who shouldn’t rule.”
Critica de la pasión pura (1998)
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