An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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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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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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