“As the wise say, a sensible man looks after his garden, and a coward looks after his money; a just man cares about his city and a crazy man cares about the government; and a wise man studies the thickness of fern-fronds.”
Angélica Gorodischer
Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was
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