Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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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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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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