We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
TACITUSWhen men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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