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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.

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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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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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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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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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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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