It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
TACITUSForethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns.
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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
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Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
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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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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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