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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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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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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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