Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
TACITUSHe (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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In valor there is hope.
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