Sublime

The pursuit of wealth generally diverts men of great talents and of great passions from the pursuit of power, and it very frequently happens that a man does not undertake to direct the fortune of the State until he has discovered his incompetence to conduct his own affairs.

A months-old knot inside Marie-Laure begins to loosen.

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Glokta watched him walk away. Sult was wrong. The Arch Lector, fallible after all. He underestimated this Bayaz, and it cost him. Who is this bald, irritable fool, who can make a sprawling idiot of the most powerful man in the Union? Standing here, deep within the bowels of this unearthly place, the answer did not seem so strange. The First of the

The eye frequently does not discover a man of celebrity within its walls. Its members are almost all obscure individuals whose names present no associations to the mind: they are mostly village lawyers, men in trade, or even persons belonging to the lower classes of society.

assiduously

The tie of blood does not suffice to establish this relationship; a common worship is necessary.

Tous les gens qui entouraient Bernan avaient des préoccupations du même ordre. C'est-à-dire que, sans penser à mal, ils préparaient leur avancement, leur enrichissement ou des échanges d'influence qui leur seraient profitables plus tard. Les banquets, les inaugurations, les parades et les enterrements étaient les marchés naturels de cette sorte de

Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even the closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.