Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
TACITUSThe Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
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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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The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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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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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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The worst hatred is that of relatives.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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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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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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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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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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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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Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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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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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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