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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.

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They make a desert and call it peace.
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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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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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