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What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.
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He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
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Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.
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Whoever desires is always poor.
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Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
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Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position.
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The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.
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Death is the great leveller.
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A severe war lurks under the show of peace.
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In sleep, when fancy is let loose to play,
Our dreams repeat the wishes of the day.
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Luxury, that alluring pest with fair forehead, which, yielding always to the will of the body, throws a deadening influence over the senses, and weakens the limbs more than the drugs of Circe's cup.
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Virtue is indeed its own reward.
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The covetous man is always poor.
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Death renders all equal.
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Liberty begets license.
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The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.
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Alas! the slippery nature of tender youth.
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Nature has granted to all to be happy, if we did but know how to use her benefits.
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Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
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Lust, forgetful of future suffering, hurries us along the forbidden path.
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Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction.
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Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.
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They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall.
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The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.
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Nor is heaven always at peace.
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He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion.
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Men live best on moderate means: Nature has dispensed to all men wherewithal to be happy, if mankind did but understand how to use her gifts.
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The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler.
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Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he only knew how to use it.
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The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
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Here is a fine field for talent.
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The fickle populace always change with the prince.
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Men live best upon a little; Nature has given to all the privilege of being happy, if they but knew how to use their gifts.
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