All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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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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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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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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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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