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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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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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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent. [Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus eo ipso, quod effigies eorum non videbantur.]
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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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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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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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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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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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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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