A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
TACITUSBodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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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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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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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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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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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
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