In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
TACITUSThe desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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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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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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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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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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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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