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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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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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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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