The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
TACITUSMany who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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In all things there is a law of cycles.
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
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Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
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A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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