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So that he seemed to depart not from life, but from one home to another.

— Cornelius Nepos

Ut non ex vita, sed ex domo in domum videretur migrare.

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The hatred of absolute power and the wretched life of those who prefer to be feared rather than loved.

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But the disparagement of the multitude overcame the courage of one man.

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We measure a man’s greatness by his merit and not by his fortune.

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