Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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