Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
TACITUSSo 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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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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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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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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In valor there is hope.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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