Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
TACITUSThere are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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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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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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