Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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