
“A truly multicultural country can never be strong or united.”
Maiden Speech (1996)
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 8
Context: Evil is never truly strong, for it is born of fear. Why did he fall so easily? Because he tested your strength and saw the possibility of death [... ] had he possessed true courage, he would have fought back. Instead he froze — and died.
“A truly multicultural country can never be strong or united.”
Maiden Speech (1996)
Born at the Right Time
Song lyrics, The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“Prolific truly is the impious deed;
Like to the evil stock, the evil seed.”
Source: Oresteia (458 BC), Agamemnon, lines 758–760 (tr. Anna Swanwick)
“Fear of evil is greater than the evil itself.”
Sono maggiori li spaventi ch'e mali.
Act III, scene xi
The Mandrake (1524)
“One who dwells in evil doesn’t leave, for fear of running into…evil.”
No sale de lo malo quien está en él, porque teme encontrarse... con lo malo.
Voces (1943)