Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
TACITUSMany who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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An honorable death is better than a dishonorable life.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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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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So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.
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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.
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In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
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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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Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
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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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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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