Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
TACITUSA man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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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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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Other 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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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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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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