Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt
Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses.
The itch of scribbling.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan.