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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.

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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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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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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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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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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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