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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]

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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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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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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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