The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
TACITUSCandor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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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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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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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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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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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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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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