Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
TACITUSEven the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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