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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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