The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
In the first days of his time in office, I said, doesn’t he smile at and greet whomever he meets, and not only deny he’s a tyrant but promise much in private and public, and grant freedom from debts and distribute land to the people and those around himself, and pretend to be gracious and gentle to all?
To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.