An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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