Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
TACITUSThe love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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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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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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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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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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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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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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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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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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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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