Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
TACITUSForethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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Rumor is not always wrong
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
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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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Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
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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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Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility.
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Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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