Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
TACITUSCruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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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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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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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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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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Valor is the contempt of death and pain.
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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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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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