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Rumor does not always err it sometimes even elects a man.

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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Style, like the human body, is specially beautiful when, so to say, the veins are not prominent, and the bones cannot be counted, but when a healthy and sound blood fills the limbs, and shows itself in the muscles, and the very sinews become beautiful under a ruddy glow and graceful outline.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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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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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. [Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus exercuit.]
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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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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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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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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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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