Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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