Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
TACITUSIn all things there is a law of cycles.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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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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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
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In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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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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The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.
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They make a desert and call it peace.
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