To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
TACITUSThe Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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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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A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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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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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less
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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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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
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