When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
TACITUSThere can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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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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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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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, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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