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" A bad peace is even worse than war. "
Peace
Bad
War
" Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it. "
Abuse
You
Yourself
" A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. "
Desire
Resist
Oppression
" 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. "
First
In The End
May
" All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome. "
Things
All Things
Rome
" A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all. "
Blessing
More
Initiative
" Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee. "
Good
Best
Done
" Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin. "
Generosity
Ruin
Moderation
" Custom adapts itself to expediency. "
Custom
Expediency
Itself
" Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. "
Angry
Habit
Hear
" Greater things are believed of those who are absent. "
Those
Absent
Who
" He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again. "
Turn
Rise
Never
" In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous. "
Corruption
Must
Very
" It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured. "
Human
You
Human Nature
" It is always easier to requite an injury than a service: gratitude is a burden, but revenge is found to pay. "
Revenge
Pay
Gratitude
" It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt. "
Hate
Nature
Man
" It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. "
Difficult
Than
Less
" Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from. "
Men
Love
Last
" Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable. "
Happy
Great
Miserable
" Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop. "
Noble
Character
Best
" No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor. "
Never
He
Been
" Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. "
Present
Old
Things
" Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. "
Difficult
Virtue
Pleasure
" Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader. "
Reason
Business
Judgment
" The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. "
Great
Against
Noble
" The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. "
State
Corrupt
More
" Things forbidden have a secret charm. "
Charm
Secret
Things
" Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir. "
Power
Hate
Heir
" To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace. "
Peace
Empire
Wilderness
" To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it. "
May
Acknowledge
Show
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