No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
TACITUSWhen the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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