No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
TACITUSAll inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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In valor there is hope.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
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