This I regard as history’s highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
TACITUSOther men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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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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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Abuse 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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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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