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It is of eloquence as of a flame it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it and it brightens as it burns.

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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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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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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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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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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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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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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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