No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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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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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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