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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.

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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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