Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
TACITUSForethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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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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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.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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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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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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