CORNELIUS NEPOS

Peace is obtained by war.

No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people.

Tasteful rather than expensive.

No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.

Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.

The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.

In friendship similarity of character has more weight than kinship.

So that he seemed not to relinquish life, but to leave one home for another.

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

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

No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.

Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.

Peace is obtained by war.

Tasteful rather than expensive.

No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people.

In friendship similarity of character has more weight than kinship.

So that he seemed not to relinquish life, but to leave one home for another.

The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.