They make solitude, which they call peace.
TACITUSEven honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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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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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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