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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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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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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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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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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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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks. [Lat., Beneficia usque eo laeta sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse ubi multum antevenere pro gratia odium redditur.]
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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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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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