An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
TACITUSWe extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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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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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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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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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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