• Agent Smith
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    Be patient till the last.
    Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my
    cause, and be silent, that you may hear: believe me
    for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that
    you may believe: censure me in your wisdom, and
    awake your senses, that you may the better judge.
    If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of
    Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar
    was no less than his. If then that friend demand
    why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer:
    Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved
    Rome more.
    Had you rather Caesar were living and
    die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live
    all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him;
    as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was
    valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I
    slew him. There is tears for his love; joy for his
    fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his
    ambition. Who is here so base that would be a
    bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended.
    Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If
    any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so
    vile that will not love his country? If any, speak;
    for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
    — Marcus Brutus (Julius Caesar)

    Perhaps, as Leibniz thought, there is no evil in the world. It's good vs. good, love vs. love, and not, as we suppose, good vs. evil or love vs. hate!

    Discuss (please)
  • EugeneW
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    Not intending to be cynosure but wouldn't chameleons flip out when the world was a chameleon,?
  • Agent Smith
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    Not intending to be cynosure but wouldn't chameleons flip out when the world was a chameleon,?EugeneW

    Sorry, I don't follow.
  • EugeneW
    1.7k
    Sorry, I don't follow.Agent Smith

    That's because you're no chameleon.
  • Agent Smith
    9.5k
    That's because you're no chameleon.EugeneW

    Could you please be less cryptic. I know it's your thing, but it has to make sense...hopefully at some level, and I'm willing to try unless of course you deem it beyond my ken.
  • EugeneW
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    Love can never take over the color of love. Love identifying with love is deemed to stay invisible perpetually, in eternal confusion.
  • Agent Smith
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    Love can never take over the color of love. Love identifying with love is deemed to stay invisible perpetually, in eternal confusionEugeneW

    :heart: This means love, ok.
    :broken: This means losing in love aka heartbroken
    :hearts: What does this mean?
  • EugeneW
    1.7k


    Love thinking about love. Or the two love chameleons.
  • Agent Smith
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    Love thinking about love. Or the two love chameleons.EugeneW

    :up:
  • Ciceronianus
    3k
    Here's Marcus Tullius Cicero on Julius Caesar:

    "When I notice how carefully arranged his hair is and when I watch him adjusting the parting with one finger, I cannot imagine that this man could conceive of such a wicked thing as to destroy the Roman constitution.”

    Irony by a master of rhetoric. Excessive self-love is the root of all evil done by we humans
  • Agent Smith
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    self-loveCiceronianus

    :up: Love nonetheless.
  • Book273
    768
    There is far less evil in the world than most believe. There is perspective, and most are unable to see anyone's but their own. Mice likely believe my cat to be evil and death incarnate; I find him to be affectionate and enjoyable. Of course, I am not the size of a mouse.
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