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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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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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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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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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