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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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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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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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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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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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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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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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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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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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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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