Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
TACITUSTruth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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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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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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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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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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