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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.

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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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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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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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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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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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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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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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