The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
TACITUSIt is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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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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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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