We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
TACITUSReason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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The gods are on the side of the stronger.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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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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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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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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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
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