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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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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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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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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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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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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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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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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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