A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2)
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Goddamn autocrats. They really are hardly better than shit-stained children.”
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though the Legion defends our Empire, it falls to us to keep an Empire worth defending.”
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But a prideful creature can talk themself into believing that every deed they do is legitimate. Thus, they both giddily and greedily spin their own doom.”
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It seems the talents that make a man capable of navigating palace intrigue until he wins the throne generally don’t coexist with the talents required for—or even a passing interest in—good governance.
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for if we are not instruments in service to one another, then we are nothing at all.
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