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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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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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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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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Rumor does not always err it sometimes even elects a man.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Our magistrates discharge their duties best at the beginning and fall off toward the end. [Lat., Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora, ferme finis inclinat.]
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent. [Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus eo ipso, quod effigies eorum non videbantur.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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