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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. [Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.
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Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger. [Lat., Si cadere necesse est, occurendum discrimini.]
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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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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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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. [Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus exercuit.]
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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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