Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
TACITUSNo hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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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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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.
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In valor there is hope.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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