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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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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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