None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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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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.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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