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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.

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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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