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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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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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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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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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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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