Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]
TACITUSForethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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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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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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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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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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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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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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