We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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