The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
TACITUSReason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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