There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
TACITUSEven honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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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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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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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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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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