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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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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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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 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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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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