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All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures. - [Precedent] Arms and laws do not flourish together. - in Plutarch's "Parallel Lives", "Julius Caesar" [Law] As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can. - [Worry] As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see. - [Unknown] For my part, I had rather be the first man among these fellows than the second man in Rome. - [Ambition] I came, I saw, I conquered. [Lat., Veni, vidi, vici.] - in Plutarch "Life of Casear", said after the defeat of Pharnaces at Zela in 47 BC; in Suetonius "Julius Caesar", words were not Caesar's but displayed before his title [War] Men believe that willingly which they which to be true. - [Belief] Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth. - [Proverbs] No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance. - [Request] Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle. - [Wine and Spirits] You also, O son Brutus. [Lat., Et tu, Brute fili.] - said on being stabbed by Brutus according to Suetonius [Murder] You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune. [Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.] - his remark to a pilot in a storm; see Bacon's "Essays--Of Fortune" [Fortune] Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts. [Lat., Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.] - De Bello Gallico [Books (First Lines)] In war events of importance are the result of trivial causes. [Lat., In bello parvis momentis magni casus intercedunt.] - De Bello Gallico (I, 24) [War] It is the right of war for conquerors to treat those whom they have conquered according to their pleasure. [Lat., Jus belli, ut qui vicissent, iis quos vicissent, quemadmodum vellent, imperarent.] - De Bello Gallico (I, 36) [Conquest] Men willingly believe what they wish. [Lat., Fere libenter homines id, quod volunt, credunt.] - De Bello Gallico (III, 18) [Belief] In extreme danger fear feels no pity. [Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.] - De Bello Gallico (VII, 26) [Fear] In extreme danger, fear turns a deaf ear to every feeling of pity. [Lat., In summo periculo timor misericordiam non recipit.] - De Bello Gallico (VII, 26) [Danger]
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