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4 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Di qui nacque che tutti li profeti armati vinsero, e li disarmati rovinarono. Hence it happened that all the armed prophets conquered, all the unarmed perished.— filed under Fortune

I. 5. 81. Perchè non i titoli illustrano gli uomini, ma gli uomini i titoli. For titles do not reflect honor on men, but rather men on their titles.— filed under Hope

Bisogna che i giudici siano assai, perchè pochi sempre fanno a modo de' pochi. There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few.— filed under Judgment

Perchè, così come i buoni costumi, per mantenersi, hanno bisogno delli leggi; così le leggi per osservarsi, hanno bisogno de' buoni costumi. For as laws are necessary that good manners may be preserved, so there is need of good manners that laws may be maintained.— filed under Louis Philippe