Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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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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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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