It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
TACITUSWhen a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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