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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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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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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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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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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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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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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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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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