In all things there is a law of cycles.
TACITUSThere are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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