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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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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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Style, like the human body, is specially beautiful when, so to say, the veins are not prominent, and the bones cannot be counted, but when a healthy and sound blood fills the limbs, and shows itself in the muscles, and the very sinews become beautiful under a ruddy glow and graceful outline.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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