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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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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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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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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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