In all things there is a law of cycles.
TACITUSSecure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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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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More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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Whatever is unknown is magnified.
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The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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A bad peace is even worse than war.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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