The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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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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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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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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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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