Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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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 desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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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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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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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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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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