All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
TACITUSAbuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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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 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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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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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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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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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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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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