Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
TACITUSIn all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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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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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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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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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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