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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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