The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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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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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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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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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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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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So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
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