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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.

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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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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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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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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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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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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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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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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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