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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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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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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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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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In valor there is hope.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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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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