In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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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Conspicuous by his absence.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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