Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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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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If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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It is a weakness of your human nature to hate those whom you have wronged.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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The more corrupt the state, the more laws.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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They make a wilderness and call it peace.
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Posterity gives every man his true value.
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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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Forbidden things have a secret charm.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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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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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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