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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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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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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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