To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
TACITUSThe 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 honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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In valor there is hope.
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The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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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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