Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station

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Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station - Joseph Addison

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Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station - Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power) quotes