The generality of men are naturally swayed more by fear than by reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness


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ARISTOTLE
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. [Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura ...
ARISTOTLE