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Rider:
The king does not devote himself, it is the nation and the people who devote the
mselves to the king, not the reverse.
we are heroes because we are tyrants.
A king without greed is even worse than a figurehead! The king must be greedier
than any other. He must laugh more loudly and rage for longer. He must embody th
e extreme of all things, good and evil. That is why his retainers envy and adore
him, and why the flames of aspiration to be as the king is, can burn within his
people.