A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
TACITUSOld things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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