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In valor there is hope.
Rumor is not always wrong
I am my nearest neighbour.
Conspicuous by his absence.
Whatever is unknown is magnified.
A bad peace is even worse than war.
They terrify lest they should fear.
Custom adapts itself to expediency.
One who is allowed to sin, sins less
They make a desert and call it peace.
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
Posterity will pay everyone their due.
The worst hatred is that of relatives.
Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
In all things there is a law of cycles.
The most seditious is the most cowardly.
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
Reckless adventure is the fool's hazard.
Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
The gods are on the side of the stronger.
They make solitude, which they call peace.
Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.