None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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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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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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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 lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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