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.
TACITUSThe Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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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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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.
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The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
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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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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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