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All cruelty springs from weakness.

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He who profits by crime commits it.

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All art is but imitation of nature.

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A great fortune is a great slavery.

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Worse than war is the very fear of war.

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That most knowing of persons – gossip.

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Mercy often means giving death, not life.

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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.

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Impurity is caused by attitude, not events.

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Fire tries gold, misfortune tries brave men.

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Wherever the Roman conquers, there he dwells.

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Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

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Who can be forced has not learned how to die.

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For no man is free who is a slave to his body.

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Not even medicine can master incurable diseases.

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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

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Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

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No man expects such exact fidelity as a traitor.

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There is no easy way to the stars from the earth.
In Latin: Non est ad astra mollis e terris via.

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Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.

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He who, when he may, forbids not sin, commands it.

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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

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Do you seek Alcides' equal? None is, except himself.

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A great pilot can sail even when his canvas is rent.

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What once were vices, are now the manners of the day.

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What physician can heal his patient on a flying visit?

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'Tis the first art of kings, the power to suffer hate.

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Vices creep into our hearts under the name of virtues.

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There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

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That man lives badly who does not know how to die well.

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