He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
TACITUSAn honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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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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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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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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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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