The wicked find it easier to coalesce for seditious purposes than for concord in peace.
TACITUSAll inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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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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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
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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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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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