The most seditious is the most cowardly.
TACITUSKindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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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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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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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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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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In valor there is hope.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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