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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.

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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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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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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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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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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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