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Rumor does not always err it sometimes even elects a man.
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So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood and both are exaggerated by posterity.
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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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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life. [Lat., Honesta mors turpi vita potior.]
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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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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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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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger. [Lat., Si cadere necesse est, occurendum discrimini.]
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This I regard as history's highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. [Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus exercuit.]
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