When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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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They make a desert and call it peace.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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