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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

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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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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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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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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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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 all things there is a law of cycles.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Reckless adventure is the fool's hazard.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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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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