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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.

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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

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Things forbidden have a secret charm.

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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

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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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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.

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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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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.

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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.

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Custom adapts itself to expediency.

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Biography

Nationality: Roman

Type: Historian

Born: Unknown

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