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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

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

The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

Things forbidden have a secret charm.

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.

Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.