Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
TACITUSCassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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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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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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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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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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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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