Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
TACITUSEverything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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Posterity will pay everyone their due.
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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