War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
TACITUSThe 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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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 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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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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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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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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