To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
TACITUSNo hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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