Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
TACITUSIn a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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