An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
TACITUSAll enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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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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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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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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