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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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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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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Our magistrates discharge their duties best at the beginning and fall off toward the end. [Lat., Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora, ferme finis inclinat.]
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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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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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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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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