Political literatureThe average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.H.L. MenckenNotes on Democracy · 1926★ 6.1
Poem · Philosophical literature · Didactic poemLovely it is, when the winds are churning up the waves on the great sea, to gaze out from the land on the great efforts of someone else; not because it's an enjoyable pleasure that somebody is in difficulties, but because it's lovely to realize what troubles you are yourself spared.LucretiusOn the Nature of Things · 55 BC★ 3.7
Play · History (play)Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.William ShakespeareHenry IV, Part 1 · 1597★ 3.5
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