Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
TACITUSFlattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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