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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.

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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses, they call empire and where they make a desert, they call it peace.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. [Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or enter their council many, indeed, after escaping from battle, have ended their infamy with the halter.
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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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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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