Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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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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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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