Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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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Rumor is not always wrong
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Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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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 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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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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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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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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