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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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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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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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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 common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. [Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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