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

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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Yet the age was not so utterly destitute of virtues but that it produced some good examples. [Lat., Non tamen adeo virtutum sterile seculum, ut non et bona exempla prodiderit.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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