They make solitude, which they call peace.
TACITUSBe assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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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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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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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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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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They terrify lest they should fear.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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