In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
TACITUSAll inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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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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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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